Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1304 Taiwan Island Luzon
After Zhang Huangyan left, Wang Yan took out the copy of Jinyiwei's secret document that he had just collected, and looked at it. The content was not a big deal, but it caught Wang Yan's attention.

After the king of Lu went to sea and the king of Tang was imprisoned in the high wall of Fengyang, the power of the imperial clan of the Ming Dynasty could no longer shake Wang Yan's position. The political situation of Ming Dynasty was basically stable, but a string in Wang Yan's heart was still tense , pay attention to the situation of the clan.

In the past two years, especially after Wang Yan took the throne to supervise the country's treasure, the clan has been very quiet, and Wang Yan didn't want to get the notoriety of killing them all, so they basically lived in peace with the clan.

The secret book in his hand is about Yu Wang Zhu Yu'e.

This His Highness recently left Taiwan for Nanjing, but he did not come to target Wang Yan, but spent a lot of money to lobby the officials in the court to open up joints, and wanted to get the Tang King who was under house arrest. I hope the court can Restore the title of King Tang, and let King Tang go overseas to become a vassal.

After the downfall of King Tang, the impulsive King Yu seemed to have matured a lot and didn't make any small moves. During festivals, he would send some gifts to Princess Chu in order to repair the relationship with Wang Yan.

Now without the protection of Tang Wang, Zhu Yu'e is also a member of 26, so it's time to restrain his edge.

If he was still as self-righteous as he was before, and he was not afraid of the sky, the earth was not afraid of the sky, the Liangzi he and Wang Yan formed before would have been killed by Wang Yan long ago.

After reading the booklet, Wang Yan ordered the guards outside the study: "Go to Jin Yiwei and call Yu Taichu here."

If the king of Tang wanted to confer feudal vassal at the beginning, Wang Yan would have supported it with both hands, but now that the king of Tang has lost, Wang Yan has no reason to let the tiger go back to the mountain.

In fact, not long ago, after Wang Yan became the prisoner, the king of Tang, who was under house arrest, gave Wang Yan a memorial and wrote a congratulatory form. On the one hand, there is also a plea in the words, hoping that Wang Yan can let him go.

Tang Wang said in the memorial that he supported Wang Yanjian, and at the same time he said that he was only middle-aged, and he still wanted to do something for Daming, which was still useful, and he didn't want to be imprisoned to death.

After Wang Yan read Tang Wang’s congratulatory form, he was also very emotional. He could feel the pain and depression of Tang Wang from his words. It is estimated that Tang Wang really conceded defeat, but Wang replied with two cold Chinese characters on the memorial. - No!And let people send the reply to Fengyang and hand it over to King Tang.

Since Wang Yan supervised the country, the clan has understood that thin arms can't twist Wang Yan's thick legs, and they have been very peaceful in the past two years, but it is impossible for Tang Wang to be released.

It has nothing to do with good or evil, right or wrong, politics is so unkind, even if King Tang is still a good clan prince, if he loses, he loses, and Wang Yan is already very kind if he didn't let him die suddenly.

Not long after, Yu Taichu came in, bowed and saluted, "See Jian Guo!"

Wang Yan picked up the secret booklet and asked, "King Yu spent more than half a million taels of silver in Nanjing to open up joints and lobby ministers. He is a poor vassal king, how could he have so much silver? Is there something behind it? Anyone support it?"

When the vassals moved to Taiwan, their main assets were replaced with the land of Taiwan Island. In addition, many vassals lost their fiefs, so except for a few vassals in the southwest who were relatively wealthy, most of the vassals had no assets.

Although King Yu is the younger brother of Emperor Gaozong and a pro-vassal of Daming, but he has only been a feudal domain for a few years, so naturally he has no background.

50 taels was not a small amount. Wang Yan felt that it was impossible for him to have such a large amount of money, so he became suspicious in his heart, fearing that someone would collude with King Yu.

Wang Yanzuo is at a high place, it is very cold, and he has become more and more suspicious recently.

Yu Taichu saluted and said: "Reporting to the supervisor, Jin Yiwei has not relaxed the monitoring of King Yu and Taiwan Island, and has not found anyone funding King Yu. The money is really King Yu's own."

Wang Yan was a little disbelieving, and frowned slightly, "Where did he get so much money?"

"Jianguo, according to Jin Yiwei's investigation, Taiwan Island is rich in products. Although the rice sent to the south of the Yangtze River in the past two years is not as good as Champa, the variety of fruits and vegetables is the top in Nanyang. In addition, as far as I know, it was only last year. The value of camphor and camphor oil transported from Taiwan Island to Quanzhou and Ningbo is more than 600 taels, and if other materials are included, it should be about [-] million taels."

Calculated according to ten taxes and one tax, the tax revenue of Taiwan and the mainland would be about 60 taels.

This made Wang Yan surprised, "That's not more than the supplies sent by the imperial court to Taiwan Island."

Taiwan Island is closer to Jiangnan and Fujian, which makes it more advantageous geographically than Champa and other areas in Nanyang. Many Nanyang products cannot be transported to Daming due to preservation problems, but the fruits of Taiwan Island are easily transported. Shipped here, and it must be more valuable than Nanyang rice.

As for camphor and camphor oil, Li Shizhen called it "Shao Nao", which has great medicinal value. It can clear the orifices, sharpen stagnant qi, eliminate filth and turbidity, kill insects and relieve itching, reduce swelling and relieve pain.

This kind of thing is very useful to the people in the south of Ming Dynasty and Nanyang. Camphor can kill insects, and camphor oil can remove dampness and miasma. It is something that the Ming Dynasty urgently needs.

These things are not only needed by the people, but also purchased by the army and maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty in large quantities, and the supply is even in short supply.

It can be said that most of the things on Taiwan Island were needed by the Ming Dynasty, but those who needed things from the Ming Dynasty on Taiwan Island were mainly suzerains and some Han people who went ashore. There is not much ability to consume, so Taiwan Island has become the only area around the Ming Dynasty that has a huge trade surplus with the Ming Dynasty.

"Indeed it is exceeding! It is said that the deficit is more than 150 million taels!" Yu Taichu replied.

Jin Yiwei now collects a wealth of information, including domestic and foreign, political, economic, military, cultural, and historical aspects.

Wang Yan laughed at himself, no wonder Zong Fan hadn't moved much recently, it turned out that he was making a fortune silently, and his life was very good.

Wang Yan frowned slightly, this year's deficit is so big, he has to find a way to reverse the deficit.

Although the Ming Dynasty set up a governor on Taiwan Island, Taiwan Island was nominally under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact it was a relatively independent state, and Wang Yan could not watch the suzerain grow stronger.

But Wang Yan didn't think about it for the time being, and returned to Zhu Yu'e's topic.

Wang Yan thought for a while, and said: "Taiwan Island continues to strengthen control. In addition, you go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to ask for a document to approve the arrest, arrest King Yu, and send it to the clan mansion. Give him a while, give him a warning."

King Yu was on Taiwan Island, Wang Yan had no reason to take him, but when he came to his door, Wang would not be polite, and decided to lock him up for a while, and then Wang would come out and deal with him leniently, so that everyone in the world Look at King Yu who assassinated him back then, he was able to let him go, to show his magnanimity, and at the same time teach Zhu Yue a lesson, telling him to go back to be a vassal with peace of mind, it is impossible for King Tang to let him go, let him not have any illusions.

Yu Taichu heard this, and immediately cupped his fists, "I'll do it right away."

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Southeast Asia, Luzon Island.

Because it was a state under the Ming Dynasty, Luzon did not have its own year name and calendar. It is the seventh month of the current reign, and September is the season when the island's products mature.All the villages around Luzon Bay started to get busy.

Zhu Yihai established the country in Luzon for three years, and now he has passed the most difficult period, and those who followed him have settled down.

There are about [-] Han people scattered around Luzon Bay. They built houses, cultivated fields, and built small roads to connect the various villages.

At present, although the Luzon Kingdom has a firm foothold, the area it actually controls is very limited. Only the capital and the vicinity of the Luzon Bay, other areas and the southern islands are still in the hands of the local native tribes.

The battle between the Luzon Kingdom and the native tribes has hardly stopped. This Luzon Kingdom has brought great troubles, but it is precisely because of the continuous fighting that the Luzon Army has captured a large number of natives, making the population controlled by the Luzon Kingdom close to 200 million...

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