Wei Guangde fought against Yin Shidan, and Zhang Juzheng bowed and said.

"If I write what Shandai said just now into a memorial, will my father be approved?"

These five or six thousand ships are the limit of the carrying capacity of the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou, and are also the main reason for restricting north-south transportation.

As a self-taught emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally regarded the words of ancient sages as a golden rule. Therefore, when formulating the national policy of the Ming Dynasty, he preferred to emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce, and had many restrictions on merchants.

When Wei Guangde heard this, he immediately bowed and said, "Yes."

Emperor Jiajing's superstitious belief in prayer, large-scale construction, and the increasing military costs due to the southern Japanese and northern capitulations directly led to the decline of various domestic industries, and the fiscal and economic economy had already reached the brink of collapse.

"Your Highness, there are three generals, Liu Xian, Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang, who are here in Xinghua Prefecture, so there should be no big concern."

Wei Guangde made a statement, and indeed, he converted all the money the imperial court invested in the canal every year to the civilian ships passing through the canal. The people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait can still make a living by the canal.

"Brother Zhengfu, uncle, what I said today is not too late to say everything after His Highness ascends the throne in the future."

Everyone in the room heard Wei Guangde clearly, and even Yin Shidan, who had been thinking about problems, looked up at Wei Guangde.

At this stage, the merchants he saw were completely cursing him as a small official, and many merchants were willing to ask for it and dare not disobey it.

However, it is actually another matter to actually implement it.

The saying that agriculture is the "foundation" and industry and commerce are the "last", originated from pre-Qin thinkers such as Guan Zhong, Shang Yang, and Han Fei.

According to Wei Guangde, if grains are converted to sea transportation, there will naturally not be so many grain ships, and even these grain ships cannot be used for sea transportation. Even if they are sailing in the near sea, it seems inappropriate.

"The idea of ​​good loans is good. It is indeed feasible to transport grain through sea transportation. However, the imperial court gradually reduced or even stopped investing in the canal. This may not work."

Finally, when King Yu was about to go back to rest, he asked Wei Guangde again before leaving.

In other words, it will take some time for the Gan and Zhejiang troops to arrive, otherwise they would have been wiped out in one go.

"The imperial court only changed the transportation of grain, sold grain ships to raise money for newly built sea ships, and the canal charges to dredge the canal."

He strictly prohibited officials from exploiting merchants, and it was probably more likely that he hated corrupt officials.

In this state, it's a big deal of capitalism.

However, for the sake of the country's development, Wei Guangde still did not plan to be a pure corrupt official, he wanted to support businessmen.

Of course, he naturally needs to have some benefits from it.

He no longer wants to be a protective umbrella or amulet for these businessmen, but wants to participate directly and become bureaucratic capital.
Chapter completed!