"Your Majesty, it's the matter of the Three Buddhas. The maritime merchants who are developing there hope to gain more autonomy and allow them to explore deeper inside." Liu Xingwen flipped through the official documents in his hand and said.

"Do they want to get more weapons!" Qin Feng said coldly: "Or, do they want gunpowder weapons?"

"Yes, they have this intention!" Liu Xingwen said: "They are now facing a powerful challenge there. A country called the Mauryan Dynasty, Sanfoqi, is constantly launching counterattacks on them."

Qin Feng knocked on the table and snorted coldly: "I remember that I had warned them a long time ago that I could stop at the right time, but they were too greedy. A few days ago, Tian Kang told me that in our Yuejing City, many people from Sanfoqi appeared. He carefully investigated and found that in Yuejing City, there was a slave market, which specifically bought slaves from Sanfoqi or the Western Continent. Do you know this?"

Cold sweat oozed from Liu Xingwen's forehead and he stuttered a little.

"I know this."

"Do you know?" Qin Feng's tone was stronger.

"Yes, I think that in the early Ming Dynasty, we also relied on such means to buy humans from Qin and other places to enrich our population, so this time, I think we can imitate the old wisdom." Liu Xingwen found an excuse.

"Just." Qin Feng said coldly: "Ben Kuan and the others did buy people with money, but were they really slaves when they arrived? As soon as they arrived, they were divided into fields, livestock, cattle and sheep, and houses. They could pay taxes to our Ming Dynasty. After a few years, they became the most loyal supporters of our Ming Dynasty. Now, can they be the same?"

Liu Xingwen lowered his head.

"Now, does our Ming Dynasty still need to use this method to attract people? Those people have really contributed to our Ming Dynasty when we arrived in our Ming Dynasty? I'm afraid it has satisfied the evil tastes of some people, right?" Qin Feng's tone became increasingly unkind.

"After I heard about this, I went to see this place with Tian Kang. The tragic love is unbearable to witness it." Qin Feng said angrily: "People are led on stage like animals, and they are sold at a price like animals. People die every day. Are there such people die every day in Huarenzhuang outside the city? Not to mention this, the people who died on the long journey!"

"Your Majesty, this is my dereliction of duty. After I go down, I immediately ordered to ban this matter."

"This is not your fault." Qin Feng sighed, "I have ordered Jin Jingnan to prepare to formulate a abolition of slavery bill. I can't help but be these foreign slaves, the maids, servants, and even the palace maids in our family must be changed to a contract system. After the contract period expires, stay and leave. During the contract period, these people must receive corresponding treatment, and their treatment must not be lower than the most basic income of our Ming people."

"Your Majesty, what is the most basic income of our Ming Dynasty now? Should we calculate the local area of ​​the Ming Dynasty, or calculate the western and Chu lands as even?" Liu Xingwen asked. His family also had many family members and maids.

"When I look back, I will discuss this matter." Qin Fengdao, "You will naturally know that if I guess it is good, you will eventually determine the salary based on the average level of the three places."

Liu Xingwen breathed a sigh of relief, and it was still acceptable.

"Marine merchants must be rectified." Before Liu Xingwen could breathe, Qin Feng continued: "They are now a little unscrupulous. They dare to do any lawless things. They think that in the distance, our Ming Dynasty's laws cannot control them?"

"Your Majesty, you need to think twice before you can do this." Liu Xingwen was surprised. "Now maritime merchants are mostly armed merchant ships, holding a lot of force in their hands. More importantly, they have established a large number of bases overseas, especially in places such as Sanfoqi. Our officials have never intervened. Although they have done some things a little too much, they can bring a lot of income to the country every year. And now we are fighting in aligned manner. Overseas income is an extremely important part. It allows us to easily launch aligned battle without shaking the foundation of the country. Once we are forced into an urgent situation, those people are independent overseas. Although they cannot be said to be of much climate, they will eventually cause us some trouble."

Qin Feng sneered: "If Manila is turbulent, it will make us feel pressure. The place where Sanfoqi is, hehe, is not that important. The National Security Bureau is already collecting some evidence. Of course, it is not about their slave trading. If the law is not prohibited, it is feasible. Since there were no laws before, they would have done it, but other things are not that easy to say. The Federation of Maritime Merchants must carry out a major cleaning."

When Qin Feng said this, Liu Xingwen immediately understood that the emperor wanted to clean up the roots of maritime merchants, and that it was not above slave traders. This matter was just an introduction and an excuse. The real reason was that over the years, maritime merchants had been so smooth that they had forgotten how much they were. Their hands were too long, so they grew so unhappy that the emperor felt unhappy. Liu Xingwen naturally knew some things. He originally thought that the emperor did not know the twists and turns here, but he did not expect that the emperor would actually be clear about it.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel sad for some maritime merchants. Some things were difficult to do, so I actually extended my hands to the officialdom and the army, hoping to expand my influence more.

If they had ill-behaved, they were really wronged. Their original intention was probably just to have more spokespersons in the court and establish a larger interest relationship, but this eventually touched the emperor's rebellion.

He couldn't die if he didn't do anything! He sighed in his heart. Those people were really good to him. They were respectful. Whenever there was a benefit, they would always respect themselves.

These people have made enough money over the years, but I am afraid that they will disappear soon.

This is really something that I can see him building a tall building, and he can entertain guests, and he can see his building collapse.

"Don't think this is a small matter." Qin Feng said lightly: "Now there are many students in the Western Continent studying here. Even if they are famous, even those of the Western Continent who can let Mattus and Stenson leave them with us are all talents. These people are learning from us. We are deeply influenced by our culture and are working hard to make them envy and affectionate about me. In the future, these people will return to the Western Continent.

After that, we will inevitably become an elite of their generation. In the future, the Western Continent will inevitably be the people in power, and we will try our best to support these people to reach a high position. In this way, we can truly establish a cultural circle of the Ming Dynasty. This world can show the influence of our Ming Dynasty everywhere. If these people see their compatriots become slaves at the slaughter of others, will they empathize with it? Will there be deep humiliation? Will they want to work hard to make a strong career turn over?"

"But Your Majesty, these people have learned advanced knowledge and advanced technology from us. After returning to China, they will still become a trouble for our Ming Dynasty. In my opinion, it is better to send a large army after defeating Qi and completely conquering them, and it will be easier for our Ming Dynasty to last forever."

"Then there is such a good thing!" Qin Feng sneered: "We can defeat Qi and unify the Eastern Continent without too many sequelae. That's because we have the same text and the same kind, and we say the same words and write the same words. The world will be united for a long time, and the world's elites also know this truth. If we travel thousands of miles to conquer places like the Western Continent, we will inevitably fall into the other party's desperate resistance. Even if we can win for a moment, we will eventually fall into the mud and cannot extricate ourselves. There is a saying that you must remember, the wheel of history will roll forward, whether we are us or them, they will develop forward. How severe we oppress them today, how powerful their rebound will be in the future. At that time, what we will gain will not be friendship, but hatred."

Liu Xingwen nodded in a vague way.

"This is also the reason why I tried my best to cause them to fight each other in the Western Continent." Qin Fengdao." We can become dictators, but not oppressors. The benefits that the former can obtain are far from comparable to the latter. This is the way to maintain long-term stability and stability. It is also the real factor that will bring the Ming Dynasty to generations."

"I understand that the future policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will take His Majesty's conversation today as the most basic principle." Liu Xingwen said: "Along with the Three Buddhas, I will send people to contact the Maurya Dynasty. If they are unwilling to establish contact with us, then we might as well build some forces that oppose them there, instead of us going straight to fight naked."

"Before contacting them, we should teach this Mauryan Dynasty a lesson first. Let He Ying take the Taiping battle formation to go there." Qin Feng said.

Liu Xingwen was very surprised. Qin Feng was still talking about good neighborly friendship just now, and in a blink of an eye, the powerful first fleet was dispatched again.

"If you don't hurt him, he will not negotiate with you honestly. Since our merchants have already made a mess, we have to wipe them clean first. The Taiping formation will also make the lawless maritime merchants there to make it clear that even if they are there, they are not a lawless place. They are well-dressed when they return to the Ming Dynasty, and when they go out, they become beasts. They can't make them a habit."

Liu Xingwenha laughed out loud, isn’t that the case? Those people went to their houses, and were gentle and gentlemen like humble gentlemen, but when they came to these colonies, wasn’t the one who drank human blood?

"That's all about business!" Qin Feng waved his hand, "There is one thing I want to express my joy to my in-laws. If you want to be your grandfather, I want to be your grandfather."

After hearing this, Liu Xingwen was overjoyed and immediately forgot about the business in his hands. His daughter married as the crown princess and now she has a child again. If she can give birth to a son, then this position will be stable.

"Congratulations to your Majesty."
Chapter completed!