open sea

Chapter 855 Title
The emperor's desire to go to Yazhou to have a look became more and more strong, especially after the difference in perception of that piece of land, he said to King Lu in a very serious tone in the palace more than once: "They must be lying to me. , What are you talking about in Asia, a dangerous and barren land, tsk!"

"Look at those people who ate wild beef at the palace banquet until their mouths were full of oil, and drank giant turtle soup until they couldn't walk--I asked General Luo Shen to find out that the pretty beef was Majiagang soldiers for three days Something that can be eaten in one meal, the Giant Turtle Soup Luo Ginseng has been drinking for a month!"

At this time, the young Lu Wang felt the deep envy from his elder brother.

The first stage of Beiyang's cargo fleet did not bring back any cargo when it returned to the voyage, but when the second stage of the fleet returned to the voyage, it brought back a lot of cargo, which even made the little emperor suspect.

Outside the Imperial Horse Prison in the Forbidden City, Emperor Wanli, who was pulling the calf's tail, suddenly tilted his head and asked King Lu: "Look, in the first phase of Beiyang, did I send out a fleet of two hundred or three hundred? They will ship it back then." Something."

"In the second phase of Beiyang, I dispatched 170 ships, and Jing Haibo almost filled the [-] ships. The teacher's beard is full of joy these days. I heard that the half-moonlight tariff discount There are more than [-] million taels of color, and the city tax has not yet been calculated... Beiyang Phase III is leaving soon, right?"

As the elder brother's royal humanoid cat bed, Lu Wang and his wife were sitting cross-legged on the grass of the horse farm, holding the cat in their arms, their little faces were full of reluctance, and asked, "What is the emperor going to do?"

Can Zhang Juzheng be unhappy?The world is moving in an interesting direction. The devastated country puts a heavy burden on every courtier's heart, but now?The burden should still be there, but it always makes people feel less heavy.

In the past, people were afraid of land annexation. In fact, what they were afraid of was not annexation, but the fear that people would lose their way of life if they lost their land.

Now the problem of land annexation is still serious, but what about the refugees?No refugees!
There was a drought in the Northwest, and the grain grown that year was not enough to exchange for money and pay taxes. There was no choice but to sell the fields, but the price of the fields in the dry season was cheap, and it was only enough to pay taxes after selling. What will happen next year if there is no land?They have to work as tenant servants, ruin their homes, sell their children and sell their daughters.

But in recent years, there have been a lot of bachelors. Where are the factories in various places not recruiting workers?In the event of a drought and unable to pay taxes, I went to work as a helper in a factory and did some odd jobs for a month. Not only did I earn the tax, but I even had food for later life.

A patriarchal decree was issued, allowing the poorest clans at the lowest level to work in factories in the five provinces of Zhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong. As long as the clansmen were willing to endure hardships, their lives would be comfortable immediately.

Lumi for the clan, salaries for the frontier soldiers, and the heavy burdens on the imperial court in the past, suddenly the Beijing Games in Burma, Luzon, and Java can solve more than half of them.

Cotton from the Western Military Mansion was transported back by hundreds of ships every season, and Malacca could no longer collect taxes, but the customs offices of the five provinces had more imports than Malacca.

What's more, overseas trade can be taxed three times.

When you buy goods in a territory, you have to pay [-]% discount tax to the territory, but the customs are from Ming Dynasty; You have to sell goods. No matter how you want to sell seafood, you can only collect and distribute them in the five provinces and cities, and pay [-]% of the tax when you change hands.

Even so, maritime merchants are still flocking to it.

Because the profits are too high, these taxes will eventually be passed on to everyone in the transaction, and there is still a profit in the end.

Since the Western military government is located in Goa, cotton is like being given for free there, and even most maritime merchants choose to buy land and open factories there, and use low labor costs to directly spin it into cotton thread locally and then sell it back. To sell it to other places, the contract has been signed long ago, and it is sent to the various commanders and guards on time every year.

In the past, it was bartering, taking cotton thread for cotton cloth, selling some to Java for food, and taking some back to India to sell.

Food is tax deductible.

The imperial court earns a small amount of money from this kind of super-large trade. Although the amount of goods shipped and purchased is huge, it accounts for less than [-]% of the imperial court's tariffs. After all, the unit price is low.

The profits of the imperial court in the transactions of large-scale valuables such as pearls, ivory, and gemstones brought about an explosive increase in tax revenue for the Ming Empire.

Inflated treasury revenues will solve the problem more than anything else.

In the early days of taking charge of the country, the most gratifying thing for Zhang Juzheng was that the imperial court had a balance of 100 million taels in the treasury this year.

Now the regent, Zhang Juzheng is worried about how to spend the 1000 million taels earned in the treasury last year and saved this year.

"A barren land, can there be so many jade articles in a barren land?"

The little emperor stopped competing with the calf, and let the Yazhou girl in colorful flower bijia run freely on the grass, panting and sat cross-legged next to King Lu, naturally took the cat into his arms, and raised his chin Said: "How about sending two thousand ships this year?"

Lu Wang didn't want to leave his hometown, and he had deep resistance to the land there. Although the cat in his arms was gone, his hands still maintained the original posture, and his right hand was slowly stroking in the air. It took a while to realize Seeing this movement, he clenched his fist and said, "Send another 10 people?"

"I won't send them away. General Luo Shen said that there is no shortage of people in Yazhou. The 8 people have frightened the county officials in various places. The people are still short of food at sea, so just send a boat to go there."

Little Wanli said with a smirk on his face that the plot was successful, and said: "Let them settle down first, and when my Tengxiang second guard is trained, I will send the Wuxiang second guard. It will probably wait for the Beiyang fifth period. "

"Wait until the seventh round, and send four more guards; eight guards in the ninth round! Sooner or later, all those who can't be beaten will be sent away!"

After Zhang Shou finished talking about his ambitions, little Wanli paused for the praise that should come, but saw that his younger brother was silent, and when he turned his head, he heard King Lu pursed his mouth and asked as if he had received a lot of grievances: " Why does the emperor send all those who cannot be beaten to the vassal state of the younger brother?"

"It's called strong stems and weak branches. The superiority and inferiority are clear and everything has its own place." Little Wanli shook his head and said without hesitation, "It's okay, you have my confidant General Jing Haibo watching over you. If you encounter a war, you will be free. When the Beiyang Banner Army fights, the guards are not sent to serve as soldiers, but as civilians.”

"Didn't you just learn Tian Ji's horse racing?"

Not to mention, this feeling of being a teacher is really not bad for the little emperor!
Wanli gained a great sense of satisfaction from Lu Wang's eyes full of curiosity, and smacked his lips and said: "Since the Battle of Tumubao, the guards cannot fight. There is a camp to recruit soldiers in the country, and there is a new flag army Beiyang. The guards are all The most unbeatable of soldiers."

"The most incapable of fighting is better than the common people. I think that comparing the guards with the common people of foreign countries is like comparing the middle horse with the dismounted horse. Alas... I am so wise, it is really a blessing for the empire!"

The little emperor applauded for himself, and woke up the cat in his arms. He quickly stretched out his hand to comfort him, and he still didn't forget to raise his chin and hook his fingers towards King Lu: "Come here with my ear, I have a mission for you. In a few days, you can go to the queen mother and say You want to go to Beiyang to watch the military parade, but if your mother doesn't let you, you will say that in a few years you will go to sea and become a vassal."

King Lu blinked: "Brother Huang, I don't want to."

"No, no, how fun is the military parade, and you can also take a boat! You want to, really want to, really want to!"

Little Wanli said and nodded: "If you don't allow it, just cry and think that way."

Lu Wang's face was full of sorrow, like a worried orange cat in Wanli's arms. He was under the pressure of life that he shouldn't have at such a young age. I really want to watch the military parade..."

Wanli clenched his small fists and encouraged: "Exactly! You really want to watch the military parade, if you don't let me watch it, you will make trouble!"

"Yes, but what if the queen mother still doesn't allow it? It's dangerous to go out of the palace. Even if I let my younger brother go to see it, I won't let my brother follow me, right?"

As if struck by lightning, little Wanli muttered to himself: "Yeah, why don't you let me follow...it's okay, I'll tell my mother two days later, I'll wait until you're approved, and if it doesn't work, let soldiers and horses go to Beijing after the new year. It is very interesting to call for envoys from all directions, even though they cannot take a boat."

"I drank a sip of wine two days ago, and it was interesting to feel dizzy. After a few days, I will hold a palace banquet under another name. When the time comes, I will let Wang An secretly hide a bottle of wine, and I will let you drink some later."

"That's the deal, remember!" Xiao Wanli still didn't forget to remind at the end: "Don't say that I told you to say that, or I will be beaten again."

(End of this chapter)