I heard Zhang Mingwei say to Emperor Chongzhen: "First, it is the blood letter from the King of Ryukyu. This is a full head-shell. If Your Majesty responds in time, it will be known to other vassal states or friendly countries of the Ming Dynasty. Now the Ming Dynasty will not ignore them, which will help more overseas vassal states return to the Ming Dynasty!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this, but did not speak, and continued to listen to Zhang Mingwei's speech.

"Secondly, the background of this blood letter is that the Ming maritime merchants were robbed in Ryukyu. His Majesty had just proved that they would make decisions for overseas Ming people. Then our local Ming people were bullied when they went out to do business. His Majesty responded immediately, which would give more people who were determined to do maritime trade. In this way, more maritime taxes could be collected!"

When Zhang Mingwei said this, he added with a smile: "This matter is actually related to the maritime tax. Moreover, attacking the Japanese and taking Japanese prisoners to North Korea to mining is another good thing!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded repeatedly when he heard this. According to what his teacher said, this matter of making decisions for the King of Ryukyu was really difficult to delay!

"Also, taking this opportunity, the court should make more publicity and settle old accounts with the Japanese, such as the Japanese invasion in the Jiangnan region during the Jiajing period, and the Japanese invasion in the Wanli period were attacked by the Japanese invasion in the Wanli period to capture our Ming Dynasty. The people's hatred for the Japanese were rekindled, making everyone in the Ming Dynasty think that the imperial court should send troops to teach the Japanese a lesson!"

"Sir, right!" Emperor Chongzhen's expression became a little serious when he heard this, and said coldly, "This Japanese are the most hateful, but you must teach a lesson and destroy the Japanese!"

Now that the Ming Dynasty is strong and confident, his requirements will be higher. Otherwise, he will definitely not have the goal of destroying Japan.

"Yes, the Japanese will never die!" Crown Prince Zhu Cixuan also agreed after hearing this, "Later, did they send troops to occupy North Korea, Liaodong and even most of China! Just kill the Japanese to death!"

He has watched documentaries, and the modern history of China is that it has the greatest relationship with the Japanese, so naturally there is one. Therefore, he has this saying.

Fang Zhenghua, who was serving the side, was confused. There was a case of the Japanese sending troops to occupy North Korea, but when did they occupy Liaodong and most of China? Why was the prince talking nonsense in front of the emperor?

But who knew that after hearing Zhu Cilang's words, Emperor Chongzhen saw that his expression was even more firm, nodded and said in a decisive tone: "It is true that I will never die. For such a foreign country, I think there is no need to exist!"

"..." Fang Zhenghua was completely confused when he heard this. Could it be that he remembered it wrong?

But, this is impossible!

When Zhang Mingwei heard the father and son mention things about the future generations, he couldn't help but look at Fang Zhenghua. Seeing that he was confused, he naturally couldn't explain, so he changed the subject and said, "But if our Ming Dynasty wanted to make the decision for the King of Ryukyu and teach the Japanese a lesson, we must have a strong navy. But now, the main force of our navy is in Luzon!"

"Will it be enough to transfer back?" Zhu Cixuan reminded him naturally.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "The Luzon side has been defeated. The King of Zhou is a vassal, and the army is here, that's fine."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Mingwei rejected it and said directly: "Inappropriate, the Fujian Navy in Luzon cannot be transferred back. We must continue to guard Luzon. First, we must ensure the safety of the sea route from the Ming Dynasty to Luzon, and second, we must deter the South China Ocean, especially the Dutch in Batavia. Third, and most importantly, if we want to collect sea tax, we cannot rely solely on the Fujian Navy!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard about the maritime tax, he immediately changed his mind and immediately said, "Sir, what he said is reasonable!"

He changed his mind without any burden when he involved tens of millions of maritime taxes.

"After the public opinion of making the decision for the King of Ryukyu and punishing the Japanese comes out, the court can emphasize the lack of the navy, so that the Ming Dynasty can realize the importance of the navy and innovate." Zhang Mingwei said with a serious expression, "Didn't Your Majesty have said the army just now? Then take this opportunity to change the navy into a navy and improve its status. And expand the Denglai Navy and the Korean Navy, both of which were renamed the Denglai Navy and the Korean Navy."

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but want to complain: The word "army" was clearly what you said first, so I will quote it!

However, he also admitted that Zhang Mingwei's statement was very reasonable. Nowadays, the vassal kings are overseas and fighting for global hegemony with the Western Barbarians. This is indeed necessary to expand the navy's forces and change the navy into a navy.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty did not care about the sea, but now it is necessary. The importance of the maritime forces is naturally unprecedented.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Sir, what about it?"

He knew very well that Zhang Mingwei definitely had a consistent measure, one by one.

Sure enough, Zhang Mingwei continued: "Changing the navy into a navy and improving the status of the navy will definitely be very popular with the navy, so that they can return to the court and believe in His Majesty. In this way, when the sea tax is activated, accidents can be reduced."

After a pause, he continued: "In addition, the strength of the navy, that is, the navy, is related to the foreign trade of maritime merchants, and also indirectly to the wealth of other people in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the court's collection of maritime taxes can also reduce the people's resistance to this matter."

Hearing this, Zhu Cixuan was a little curious and asked, "Sir, why is the strength of the navy also related to other people?"

When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he turned to look at him and said with a smile: "Does the goods sold in the sea trade be produced by other people? Will the things they produce be unsold and well-selling, have a great impact on them? For example, if raw silk is better, in addition to marine merchants, will silkworms also benefit? Will those who plant mulberry trees benefit? Will those who transport them benefit..."

Zhu Cilang didn't expect that it was just a maritime trade, which could actually be related to the livelihoods of so many people, and he was suddenly stunned.

Zhang Mingwei gave many examples in one breath, and finally concluded with a smile: "Economics is actually a science, which can affect the whole body. Maritime trade is a point. If you do this well, you can revitalize the entire economy of the Ming Dynasty and achieve a virtuous cycle. Therefore, maritime trade is very important, which is why we need to build a strong navy to support it!"

Emperor Chongzhen usually talked a lot with Zhang Mingwei, and there were some concepts, which naturally understood more than Zhu Cilang. But at this time, Zhang Mingwei spread the contents and he was enlightened. He understood a lot at once, and then nodded repeatedly and said, "It's so lucky that I have a sir, otherwise I would be a frog in the well and wouldn't be able to figure out these things."

He was sure that no one in the world would have such a cognition as a gentleman in this regard. This cognition is actually very necessary for the emperor and even for the senior officials of the court.

If the emperor and senior officials of the court understand these principles, they will often worry about having no money and only focus on the land tax. There is no other way except to increase taxes and taxes for the people who live on the land. If the year is not good, they will force them to survive and they will be forced to rebel!

Hearing Emperor Chongzhen's praise, Zhang Mingwei said modestly: "I am just standing on the shoulders of giants. The experience I have summarized and learned by my predecessors. Now I hope to use all my knowledge to transform the Ming Dynasty, make the Ming Dynasty stronger, make the country richer and stronger, make the people happier, and be proud of being a Ming Dynasty!"

Emperor Chongzhen and Zhu Cilang both understood his words because they knew that Zhang Mingwei came from later generations.

However, Fang Zhenghua was confused again. What giant's shoulders? The emperor said before that Duke Xingguo took heaven and earth as his parents, and at this time he involved the giants being slaves under his feet. He vaguely felt that Duke Xingguo had a very big background and would subvert his cognition!

At the suggestion of Zhang Mingwei, the matter of sea trade was taken advantage of the opportunity of the King of Ryukyu's blood letter to be officially launched. The first thing to bear the brunt is naturally the Maritime Bureau.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Maritime Commission appointed one person from the fifth rank, two deputy rank, sixth rank, one subordinate official, and nineth rank. And this supervisor was either a special mission, or a member of the Censor and the Salt Course Commission served as the general.

In addition, the Maritime Administration was under the jurisdiction of the General Secretary, so the tax power was completely in the hands of the General Secretary and other officials. Until the end of the Ming Dynasty, a fixed-rate tax system was adopted, which was replaced by the Orders, and the eunuchs sent from the palace were responsible for the nominal collection.

Such institutions will definitely not work for the future maritime tax collection.

At the suggestion of Zhang Mingwei, Emperor Chongzhen prepared to improve the status of the Maritime Bureau. On the basis of the Maritime Bureau, he appointed the Director of the Maritime Bureau, and was appointed as the eunuch of the Silijian. The deputy director thought that it was restrained, and one of the Ministers of the Ministry of Revenue was appointed, and was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Revenue. At the same time, the corresponding levels of the Maritime Bureau and the Deputy Director were also increased accordingly, which was to be from the third rank and the fourth rank.

In addition, the Censorate should also set up a special censor in the Maritime Administration to prevent favoritism and fraud. Of course, this is the obvious side. In secret, there are also factory guards who conduct irregular investigations to ensure that the entire Maritime Administration does not accept bribes and make treasury taxes to fill their personal pockets. Among them, the Jinyiwei is responsible for secretly investigating the navy and land anti-smuggling teams, and the East Factory is responsible for secretly investigating the civil service system of the Maritime Administration.

Needless to say, after the entire Maritime Bureau has innovated, it is impossible for the tooth bank to be a tax agency.

This matter was discussed for a whole day before we had a rough framework, and then some specific details. After the whole thing started, we naturally discussed it with the cabinet and the six ministries and nine ministers.
Chapter completed!