: 504: Liaodong shipping prohibits

Time finally entered December of the 41st year of Jiajing, and Wei Guangde began to get a little drifted again.

Before this, Wei Guangde had a time except for going to the yamen to handle the job, he would go home with the yamen. However, all this gradually became loose after Wei's mother rushed to Beijing before the canal was frozen.

Wei's mother came to Beijing because she wanted to take care of the pregnant Xu Jianglan, which made Wei Guangde feel relieved. He could return to his past life, and after the scattered yamen, he could drink and listen to the songs with his colleagues.

Although you can hire experienced midwifes in the capital to serve, as the master, both Wei Guangde and Xu Jianglan are not familiar with these, and often they can't help but be in a hurry and command randomly. With Wei's mother in the capital, everyone feels much more at ease.

Participating in these activities not only enhances the relationship between Wei Guangde and his colleagues, but also hears a lot of news from the court. During the meal, if you drink a few glasses of wine, many people no longer keep their mouths on their mouths. No matter what information they hear in the yamen, they will jump out loud.

Although the Prince Yu's Mansion has installed its own people in the cabinet, the six ministries, and even the Tongzheng Envoy Department to investigate the information in the court, many news will still be missed, of course, most of them are useless information. At least Wei Guangde felt that it was of no value to him or to the Prince Yu's Mansion, but some were valuable, but on the surface it had little to do with Prince Yu's Mansion, so it was missed.

For example, from officials of the Ministry of Revenue, Wei Guangde heard the news that the Shandong Provincial Administration and the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue complained to the court many times that due to the famine in Liaodong the previous year, the sea transportation was temporarily allowed, so that Liao ships could be transported to Shandong and bought grain to save hunger.

Later, Liaodong merchants used this as a big profit and privately carried goods to Shandong, which led to a slump in the sea ban, and hoped that the court would reconsider the shipping policy.

The reopening of the sea transportation of Liao was actually a project initiated by Jia Yingchun, a disciple of the Yu Prince's Mansion, when he was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. This move was supported by Gao Gong, Wei Guangde and other people in the Yu Prince's Mansion. He hoped to prove the reliability of sea transportation and get rid of the restrictions on north-south transportation by the lack of navigation capacity of the Grand Canal.

With the many Northern Expeditions during the Hongwu and Yongle periods, the Northern Yuan Dynasty had completely collapsed. By the Renxuan period, the Tatars and the Oirat were busy competing for grassland rule, and it was difficult for them to pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty anymore, and the strategic role of Liaodong began to decline significantly.

Zhang Juzheng put down the book in his hand, looked at Wei Guangde and replied.

Wei Guangde was looking through the grand ceremony that had been copied in the first two days, and Zhang Juzheng next to him whispered to him.

"I wonder if the cabinet has discussed this matter?"

"I heard that because of Fujian, in order to revive, generals such as Liu Xian, Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang led troops to the scene. At present, Qi Jiguang's troops are still in Zhejiang, and Yu Dayou is still collecting troops. If the order is issued to promote Yu Dayou to the general of Fujian, the second general Liu and Qi will be a little embarrassed."

Originally, the Ministry of War could not get much resources every year, and the nine sides were slightly insufficient, so naturally there was not much force to invest in coastal defense.

The goods transported by sea and entering and leaving Liaodong are carried out through entrainment, just like grain ships in canals, and you only need to give the canal soldiers a certain amount of money.

For security reasons, the Ministry of War has always opposed the opening of the maritime ban.

It is precisely for this reason that the Ming Dynasty did not attach much importance to Liaodong in civil affairs in addition to the military level.

Moreover, under the influence of Wei Guangde, King Yu has also developed a strong interest in sea trade. However, out of being unfamiliar with the ocean, he still has deep concerns about the safety of sea transportation.

During the Jiajing period, although the rise of the Mongolian Altan Khan tribe once again posed a threat to the Ming Dynasty, due to financial difficulties, it was difficult for the court to reproduce the large-scale military operations like the early Ming Dynasty, and to conquer the Mongolian grasslands. Its attitude towards Liaodong was also very swaying, and it was no longer able to increase the military power of Liaodong again.

Now overseas, the vigorous era of navigation launched by Europeans directly divides the newly discovered continent.

Especially according to Wei Guangde, once the sea trade starts, it will not only attract barbarians to travel to the Ming Dynasty for trade, but also people in the Ming Dynasty will go overseas to do business. After all, profits will be made during the turnover of goods, and the profits will be quite large.

In Jiangnan, although Zhang Lian was executed, the wave of rebellion that was driven was rising and rising.

Wei Guangde nodded and said.

It is impossible to establish a town to migrate the people, and it is just by sending a team of elite troops to patrol from time to time. Such rule actually does not work at all, and no one will convince you of the territorial rights you claim.

At this banquet, Wei Guangde also roughly found out the view of the Ministry of Revenue, that is, as long as the agricultural harvest in Liaodong is good, the mainland's grain supply is no longer needed, and it is indeed possible to consider not transporting grain through sea transportation. However, as long as the problem of grain shortage in Liaodong is not solved, the sea transportation cannot be stopped.

Moreover, there are many places along the way with complex terrain. If you leave the mountain or the mountain road, there are still many bandits and robbers who are there. No matter who you are holding, they will naturally find ways to rob them. Unless you form a large caravan and have stronger power than them, you can pass through safely.

In the north now, it really makes people unable to live, and the living conditions are too difficult.

It is unknown, but that is also because of the attitude of Emperor Jiajing.

Now it is still a state of prey on the weak. If you want to control an area, you must achieve true domination, and you are still fist.

When King Yu takes office, he can try to mention this matter again, migrate some people to Liaodong again, expand their territory northward, and slowly swallow the land.

"By the way, uncle, I wonder if you know what it is about shipping Liaoning?"

Wei Guangde said here, and suddenly thought of the news he heard two days ago, so he asked.

Although Wei Guangde's protection, land transportation still cannot be guaranteed to be safe and smooth for the lonely Liaodong Town. Especially outside Shanhaiguan, there is a mixed area where not only Han people live, but many Mongolians also nomadic people here, but they are tribes with better relations with the Ming Dynasty.

Although King Yu did not say it clearly, he was looking forward to shipping and even sea trade.

If the tyrant runs rashly to a place in the distant north to build a big city, the population will not be attracted, and the soldiers will not be willing to go there, and then countless military households will inevitably flee.

A few days ago, I got confirmation from Zhang Juzheng again, but I didn’t expect to say so today.

Wei Guangde was a little surprised. This matter had been said for a long time, but the will had not been issued, so he could only be used as a rumor.

Zhang Juzheng explained.

In Wei Guangde's view, his involvement in Liaodong's business is to create opportunities for migrant people so that they can live better.

People gathered in Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi to cause trouble, which was only known from Yu Dayou's letter. Wei Guangde originally thought that if Zhang Lian was wiped out, Jiangnan would be able to Ontario for a period of time.

Even when going north, besides fur and mountain goods, there were really not many profitable businesses in this era, and it also took huge manpower and material resources to transport materials. It was really not worth the loss. No wonder King Yu couldn't even have any interest in the north.

Get a piece of the pie, and we will naturally have to escort this group.

Moreover, if Shandong's lobbying in the court is really made progress, Wei Guangde himself will also suffer actual losses.

Wei Guangde always asked Zhang Ji to buy wild ginseng. At first, Zhang Ji was still wandering in various medicine shops in the capital, but he also learned the inside story after a long time.

Transporting a large number of goods and shipping to Shandong via sea, it seems that it has taken more roads, but the actual cost can be 30% less and the safety is higher.

With these obstacles, a large amount of cargoes from the caravan were transported to Shandong by sea to turn around, transported from Shandong to Beijing or directly through the canal to Jiangnan for traffic.

Emperor Jiajing was often worried about money, and although King Yu had not succeeded to the throne, he had already felt the constraints of finance on the court.

However, in the face of the cruel environment, even Liaodong could not allow the Han people to take root and live. It was a luxury to continue to expand their territory north. I didn’t see that the Jurchens and other northern ethnic groups were forced to migrate south and pray for a piece of land to survive in the border areas of the Ming Dynasty.

Taking this as an opportunity, under the instruction of Wei Guangde, a small business group composed of Liaodong merchants and Jiujiang merchants was established. Including Huitong Commercial Bank, many Jiujiang merchants in Beijing joined in to trade.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the court attached great importance to Liaodong. The Hongwu and Yongle dynasties migrated to Liaodong many times. However, since Liaodong had not yet been fully developed and the living conditions were extremely harsh, few people could truly take root in this, and the immigration policy had little effect.

Although Liaodong has a vast area, it is not an independent area in terms of administrative divisions of the Ming Dynasty. It has always been incorporated into the jurisdiction of the Shandong Provincial Administration. However, it also implemented the military town model in Liaodong, that is, military control.

The Ministry of War's attitude is relatively conservative, or more importantly, a young and strong radical force among the conservatives.

If you want to keep this big city running, it can only be a huge investment, but the Ming Dynasty did not have such money to expand to the north.

But after the division is finished, it does not become a certain fact.

However, what made Wei Guangde feel a little relieved was that although Shandong had connected the relationship between the court and made people talk about this matter, after all, at this stage, whether it was the Ministry of Revenue or the Ministry of War, the main energy has not been transferred in this direction.

Although Wei Guangde's title of Censor is sometimes intimidating, in order to avoid trouble and to increase contact with Mr. Xu, he still spent money to get one.

"You talk about this, I know that when the Liaodong famine was fed, the Ministry of Revenue requested that it be allowed to buy grain from Denglai, Shandong and other places to Liaodong to stabilize the place."

Wei Guangde asked tentatively.

For the entire northern land, extending to the vast Siberian region of the Arctic Ocean, Wei Guangde certainly knew that the strategic value was huge, especially the extremely rich resources there.

Even in later generations, the vast Siberian region was still limited in its development area, and the ecological environment was too harsh. Perhaps only the Russians living at the same latitude could adapt to such an environment.

If you can't beat others, you can only give up.

"Why do you have to delay?"

Even Wei Guangde threw out the reason for expanding territory, it was still ineffective.

In fact, from the perspective of the Ming government, it is not cost-effective to implement the same rule as the mainland for Liaodong. Due to the poor local basic conditions, the entire Liaodong could not bring much tax revenue to the Ming Dynasty, but the ruling cost was extremely high.

Many bandits in the past followed suit after seeing Zhang Lian's actions, and many of them followed suit. Many of Zhang Lian's old subordinates hid in the mountains and forests to avoid the official army and then revived the incident. They were already blooming everywhere, not to mention that the current Xinghua Prefecture City was still occupied by Japanese pirates.

Only when the people of Liaodong live a wealthy life can they live and work in peace and contentment.

Moreover, even if Wei Guangde's famous sect is available, it can only be guaranteed to pass the level. No one is causing trouble for you and forcibly seize the caravan's goods, the silver that should be respected is indispensable.

It was not until the British confirmed hegemony that such wars gradually decreased.

"With Yu Dayou, he had a letter a few days ago, saying that Ye Huai, Anyuan County, Ganzhou Prefecture, Li Wenbiao, Longnan County, and others gathered to cause trouble. He was about to go back, and he was afraid that this would delay the recovery of the revival of Xinghua Prefecture."

Although Wei Guangde is an official in Beijing, his official position is so large after all, and sometimes it is really not very useful. So last year, because he encountered some minor troubles in Shandong, he also got Zhang Xu's famous sage through Zhang Juzheng's relationship.

When passing Shanhaiguan by land, in addition to exploiting officials along the way, the court also collected commercial taxes at Shanhaiguan. Those who emerged from Middle-earth would collect six points for Shanhaiguan and four points for Liaodong. Those who entered the pass from Liaodong would collect six points for Liaodong and four points for Shanhai.

"Shandai, I heard from my teacher yesterday that Dayou's order to serve as the general of Fujian is probably delayed for a while, and he will not issue an order after the revival of the Revival of Hua Prefecture."

With these relationships, Wei Guangde naturally became concerned after hearing the news.

King Yu's attention to sea trade has also shifted to sea freight. In fact, for sea freight and land freight, the cost is very good.

When others come, you must be able to drive people away. This is your territory.

In this way, Zhang Ji met many Liaodong merchants during the process of purchasing wild ginseng and also learned that there were quite a lot of specialties in Liaodong.

The imperial court's emphasis on Liaodong in military terms was more to form an encirclement of the Northern Yuan from the northeast.

In fact, in the future, countless wars of all sizes broke out in order to compete for these colonies.

These ginseng were purchased by pharmacies from merchants who went to Liaodong. If one layer of middlemen would naturally have more profits. In order to save money, Zhang Ji began to contact these chambers of commerce and directly purchased ginseng from them.

Wei Guangde doesn't know how to do business, but since he has worked hard to do this, he naturally has his own share in this chamber of commerce.

The transportation of Liaoning sea forced the Ministry of War to spend a sum of money from the small amount of funds to install a new batch of warships for the Denglai Navy to ensure the safety of the waterway.

"You talk about Shandong?"

Xu Jie has now replaced Yan Song's position, so he naturally has a clear understanding of the situation in the court. He will know it immediately if there is any slight disturbance. As the successor he chose and trained, Zhang Juzheng was also very well-versed in the news.

Wei Guangde just said the beginning, and he already knew the reason roughly.

Wei Guangde and his family participated in the trade with Liaodong, so Zhang Juzheng also knew about this.

In fact, in this era, most officials' families would have participated in these side jobs, which is not surprising.
Chapter completed!