The person who spoke was Liu Daxia, Minister of War.

Since Zhao Ce gave him a New Year greeting last time, he showed him a copy of "Theory of Hai Quan".

He was so angry that he was so angry about Zhao Ce's fallacies that day.

Although Zhao Ce quickly wrote a letter to apologize after returning home, saying that he had spoken too much.

But after reading it, he realized that the meaning of the letter was not at all said that Haiquan's point of view was wrong!

When Liu Daxia thought of this, he felt a little unhappy.

He has been an official for decades and has never seen such an arrogant scholar.

Now that he heard the prince again say that he would release the sea ban and go to sea for trade, Liu Daxia wanted to deny it without saying a word.

Liu Daxia said: "Since Taizu, he has been implementing the maritime ban."

"How can we open the sea at will because of the salary of the royal family?"

"As His Majesty's document says, our court can afford the issue of the salary of the royal family for the time being."

"This matter should be planned slowly and discussed again after the long term."

Once the sea ban is lifted, the next step is to increase the coastal navy.

As the navy increased, it would be necessary to build a large number of Daming treasure ships.

If Your Majesty thinks it is not enough, should you still imitate Taizong and make a seven-day trip to the West?

This waste of money and money is the common people in the world!

However, if Emperor Hongzhi said this question, Zhu Houzhao would not have to be said by Emperor Hongzhi.

He stared at Liu Daxia with confidence.

"Mr. Liu is so bad."

"In the 23rd year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu issued an edict, saying: The Ministry of Revenue strictly prohibits foreign exchanges. The emperor gave the government gold, silver, copper coins, gunpowder, weapons and other items to the government."

"Mr. Liu, is this implicit meaning?"

Liu Daxia frowned slightly, looking at the prince who was suddenly talking about today.

The prince has never cared about the government. Why do he remember the decree issued by Emperor Taizu in which year?

Liu Daxia pondered for a while before saying, "The order is to prohibit our Ming Dynasty from engaging in trade with foreign countries."

"I don't know what His Highness the Crown Prince meant."

Li Dongyang, who was beside him, glanced at Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao also looked at him.

The two knew the conversation at Zhao Ce's house that day.

Zhu Houzhao was a little proud, and she was worthy of coming back to check the information for so long.

As soon as the order came out of the mouth of the prince who had been incompetent in his work, the ministers in the room looked at his shocked look and had to say that they felt quite accomplished.

Zhu Houzhao talked eruditely: "Taizu means that we cannot export except these things."

"The rest of the things can be exported!"

"Later, Taizong also sent people to the West to promote the prestige of our Ming Dynasty."

"The things brought with the ship are also according to the ancestral teachings and will never be exported except for their own use."

"In fact, from Taizu to Taizong, and until later Xuanzong, although the sea ban was banned, the treatment was slowly relaxed."

"why is that?"

Liu Daxia was also involved in this fallacy by Zhu Houzhao for a while.

What does Taizu didn’t mention, that is what you can do?

Liu Daxia was still thinking about this question. When he heard Zhu Houzhao's question, he subconsciously said: "Why?"

Zhu Houzhao continued to say proudly: "Because Taizu also knows that our country is short of money and the people suffer!"

"Through foreign trade, we can quickly earn more property than land taxes for our Ming Dynasty."

"The ancestral teachings cannot be violated, but we all act within the ancestral teachings."

"So the sea ban can be opened, which is not considered a violation of the ancestral teachings!"

Liu Daxia pondered: "Your Highness's words are too shallow."

The warm cabinet has been quiet.

Everyone was quietly listening to the Minister of War, who was over 70 years old, arguing with the future crown prince of the empire.

At present, it seems that the prince, who has always been unfamiliar with the affairs of the government, has vaguely gained the upper hand?

In fact, they have discussed the matter of sea ban countless times since Emperor Hongzhi took office.

As a firm advocate of the maritime ban, Liu Daxia would bite him to death if anyone mentioned it.

In addition to the three foreigners, Emperor Hongzhi relied most heavily on the ministers were Liu Daxia, Ma Wensheng and others.

It can be said that Liu Daxia's words are quite heavy.

Liu Daxia continued to speak, interrupting everyone's thoughts.

"Does Your Highness know what it means after the sea ban is lifted?"

"The Japanese pirates along the southeast coast are suffering, and the people are suffering."

"After the autism sea, our court spent a lot of manpower and material resources on the coast to help the people move inward."

"Now the lives of the coastal people have just stabilized. Once the sea is opened, all previous efforts will be wasted!"

"And this kind of sea ban is equivalent to opening the country's door and welcoming these Japanese pirates to come in and burn and loot."

"And your Highness may have overlooked a problem, the sea pirates are rampant."

"Ordinary Ming merchant ships cannot go to sea at all."

"If you want to go to sea, you must be equipped with excellent naval forces to protect the safety of merchant ships."

"Although I am not talented, I know that the Ming Dynasty now has to spend extra money from His Majesty's treasury every year."

"Where does the cost of forming a navy come from?"

After Liu Daxia finished speaking, he glanced at Zhu Houzhao with a faint look.

How could he be defeated by a little boy for decades?

After hearing Liu Daxia's words, the others nodded.

"What Mr. Liu said is very true."

"Last year, the Tatars invaded Datong, a major border town, and it was still difficult for us to defend the border."

"Now that the navy is added, the state and the dynasty are unable to afford military expenses."

Zhu Houzhao hummed.

"I have thought about all these."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at him with great interest.

My son's performance today has exceeded his expectations.

Originally, I thought that if Liu Daxia used money to convince the prince, the prince would have nothing to say.

After all, you can only make money from afar?

But he didn't expect that he had thought about it?

Not only Emperor Hongzhi was interested, but all the important officials of the court here were very interested.

They also wanted to hear what way could the Crown Prince, who had always avoided the affairs of the court, come up with what he could do to deal with the lack of money.

Zhu Houzhao looked at everyone with a confident smile on her face.

"I have a friend who once said that this problem can be solved perfectly."

"If the city is open, the bandits will turn into merchants, and if the city is closed, the merchants will turn into criminals."

Zhu Houzhao said slowly: "When the sea city is opened, the merchant ships smuggled by private people are no longer private ships."

"Those Ming people who we define as pirates, those who are entrenched on nearby islands and conduct business with countries next to each other, but cannot return to our Ming people."

"These are the objects we can directly win back."

"As soon as the news of Kaihai City comes out, I believe that it will surely shake the world."

"They will be able to become a combat force that can protect the seas of our Ming Dynasty together with our Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Houzhao looked at everyone, and there was a fanatical light in her eyes.

"A mere Japanese slave, little pirate."
Chapter completed!