allendalepharm Chapter 333 Willing to Increase Tariffs
Chapter 333 Willing to Increase Tariffs
Chapter 333 Willing to Increase Tariffs
"Do you know why some Xiyi's lives are saved?"
After Wang Xijue dealt with these Xiyi in accordance with Zhu Yijun's edict, when he, together with Chen Younian, Xu Minshi and other Guangdong officials and gentry, sent Liu Xizhi and other officials and people killed by Xiyi back to their hometowns, he treated these Guangdong officials and gentry I asked again.
"Didn't Mr. Ge want to show them my Chinese culture and educate them so that they can be used by us?"
Chen Younian asked.
Wang Xijue chuckled: "The culture of this dynasty is extensive and profound, and the skills of hundreds of crafts have been accumulated for thousands of years, so why take the initiative to educate one or two barbarians?"
"There is only reason for them to voluntarily surrender, there is no reason why we need them to surrender!"
"If you don't follow, you will be punished!"
"The lives of some of them are saved now, but they know the sea route and have rich sea experience!"
"This is what my Huang Ming is good at. There should have been ready-made sea trade blueprints and sea route information for future generations to continue to develop, but what the official case said is that these blueprint files have long been burned!"
"So, now that the imperial court wants to expand the sea trade again, it has to rely on these western barbarians instead."
"It's really embarrassing!"
As Wang Xijue spoke, he looked at the boundless sea and sighed.
At this time.
The red sun is rising on the sea, and the light shines on the road. The gulls fly with white sails, and the world is extremely quiet.
"If it weren't for this, it wouldn't matter if all these Western barbarians were cut!"
"Is there a shortage of barbarian people who need to be educated in this dynasty?"
"Is there a lot of people with the same color but no smell?"
After watching such a scene, Wang Xijue looked at the bureaucrats, landlords and gentry present, and began to question him.
Chen Younian, Xu Minshi and others all looked solemn and did not speak.
Wang Xijue himself stroked his beard that was blowing in the wind, and walked beside the boat by the seaside in a wide robe and sleeves, and said:
"In the future, we can't ignore skills and only focus on Taoism, and we can't destroy the skill experience summed up in the past because it is useless or even harmful for a while. It was useless at the time, but it doesn't mean it will be useless later!"
"What Ge Lao said is that the population is increasing day by day, so it is necessary to open the sea, and the quasi-people go to the sea to make profits, and the barbarians overseas have long since intended to destroy our heavenly dynasty. At this time, the sea route cannot be interrupted any longer!"
Xu Minshi agreed.
"That's right!"
Wang Xijue stopped, looked back at these bureaucrats and landlords and gentry, and said:
"Although Xiyi of Haojing was escorted to the capital because he wanted to destroy our dynasty, those who were sent to be slaves were sent to be slaves, but the trade he undertakes cannot be interrupted!"
"We still need ships to go to Goa to bring back spices, ivory, silver, etc. to our Daming, and at the same time transport our porcelain, silk cloth, mercury, etc. to Goa, and then to their native land of Xiyi!"
"Yes! How many people rely on this air route for their lives, if it is cut off all of a sudden, Guangdong will be in chaos again."
Yuan Yupei followed suit.
Other Cantonese gentry also echoed, all with worried faces.
of course.
They don't really care about the people who live by trade, but they are worried that the sea route will be cut off. The raw silk, silk cloth, and porcelain he purchased from the inland will not be able to go to sea to make profits, and he will not be able to make profits by trading with Xiyi in the future.
Wang Xijue also knew what they were worried about.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have said so much here, so after listening to these people, he said:
"Then change the sea trade line originally established by these Frangji people to my people in Daming. Is there anyone among you who is willing to take on this responsibility for the imperial court?"
The Cantonese gentry all showed embarrassment.
"Old Ge, the sea is dangerous, and it must be the navy officers and soldiers who dare to work hard. We children can study and start a career or take care of the family business at home. It is really not their specialty to go to sea to do business for the country."
Yuan Yupei started talking at this moment.
It’s okay to let these Cantonese gentry supply goods and invest in pirates and let them go to sea for business, but let them be officials and businessmen, risking the risk of falling into the sea at any time or being robbed by pirates to go to sea for the court, they really unwilling.
After all, they are all big landlords and big bureaucrats, not ordinary people who have no choice but to become desperate pirates, so there is no need to die for the sake of profit.
"In that case, the imperial court's shipping department will take the lead in establishing an official trade. You ship the goods, and the imperial court will be responsible for arranging the escort of officers and soldiers and recruiting merchants to go to sea for trade."
Wang Xijue said.
At this time, Yuan Yupei asked because he thought that the official merchants of the imperial court would inevitably be the pirates secretly controlled by the big clans who would be the official merchants of the imperial court's shipping department going out to sea.
"Master Ge, I am afraid that merchants will not go to sea because they are afraid of the risks at sea. Do you ask the imperial court to tax the merchant ships of this dynasty so that the barbarian ships in Guangdong can be lowered? After all, they are righteous merchants who are loyal to the emperor and go to sea for the country! Business is different!"
"Your Majesty has made a decree that the people of this country are more valuable than the barbarians, so it should be so."
Wang Xijue agreed to Yuan Yupei and others' suggestion that the imperial court should lower the taxation for merchants in the country.
Yuan Yupei and other Guangdong gentry were naturally overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "My emperor is as benevolent as heaven, and my husband is loyal and loving to the people! That's why the Ming Dynasty has today's prosperity!"
Wang Xijue smiled faintly: "Ashamed! But once the official business is established, if any smuggling pirates are found to be colluding with a certain big clan, don't blame the court for being rude!"
"In addition, you have to start paying taxes on the goods you traded with Xiyi in the past, and don't think about being the same as before, because the trade route is controlled by Xiyi and cannot be known by the court, so you can conceal it at will. The price of the shipment."
"Smuggling pirates is not conducive to protecting the country and the people, so we should strictly pursue and suppress them!"
"In terms of business and taxation, we didn't actually intend to conceal the report from the imperial court. The main reason is that corrupt officials and a few evil gentry broke the rules and colluded with Xiyi to deceive the imperial court. If we don't follow suit, the goods will not be shipped and will be backlogged Cangli, so the whole family and the people of the township will have nothing to eat, so they have to feel sorry for the court."
Yuan Yupei, because of the maritime trade interests controlled by Xiyi, will soon be acquired by a gentry like him through the way of Ming officials and merchants to trade for the city, and it is far greater than the scale of interests paid to the imperial court based on the actual value of shipments. He hurriedly expressed his attitude that the Cantonese gentry did not support smuggling, and decisively shifted the blame for deceiving Haili's income to corrupt officials, several gentry who were dealt with by Wang Xijue, and Xiyi.
"Yes!"
"We are sorry for the imperial court, and we are willing to make up for the previous concealment by increasing tax regulations."
"I am also willing. Although we are living for the villagers, we as Confucians have to do business for profit, but how can we only know the people but not the king? Wouldn't it be contrary to our ancestors' precepts of loyalty and filial piety?"
"It's the same with my Chen family. We would rather use everything we have to enshrine the emperor to show our loyalty, and just ask the villagers to eat. After all, as a Confucian family, how can we despise righteousness and value profit?"
"That's right!"
"As a disciple of Confucius and Mencius, I don't like the smell of copper, and even hate gold and silver like dung!"
"It's just that the population of the clan is increasing day by day, so it's just that they have to pursue business interests, but what they want in the end is that those who enter the temple will serve the kings of Yao and Shun, and those who retreat will be alone in the poetry and wine fields."
"In addition to asking the court to keep some to benefit the people, we are willing to dedicate all Haili to the court to support the army!"
Each of these Cantonese gentry expressed their loyalty to the imperial court, and expressed their willingness to increase taxes, and even said that they were willing to give all the benefits to the imperial court.
When a whale falls, all things are born.
Wang Xijue knew that this was caused by the fact that he, on behalf of the emperor and the imperial court, wanted to divide the maritime interests controlled by Xiyi between the imperial court and his own people.
And he didn't expose it, just smiled and said: "I know that the country has been supporting scholars for two hundred years, and the literati and bureaucrats will not all value profit and despise righteousness. At least, the sages in Guangdong and Guangxi are still loyal and filial gentlemen."
With that said, Wang Xijue also bowed his hands to pay respect to these gentry.
These gentry also hurriedly returned the salute.
Wang Xijue said: "Then go back to Guangzhou tomorrow and discuss the detailed rules for the government and business!"
"You servant wrote a "Maritime Inspection Inspection" and played it in the imperial court, and asked the imperial court to transfer the tariffs of the Municipal Ship Department, and even asked the Shi Ship Department to recruit officials and merchants to continue to undertake the trade that was originally controlled by Xiyi, and let an official army Escort the expedition, in order to achieve the purpose of making the barbarians afraid of China and willing to continue sailing!"
"At that time, when the Shibo Division recruits officials and merchants, the servant will also ask the imperial court to allow the Shibo Division to open the recruitment. As officials and businessmen of the Shipping Department, with the testimony of wise men from all over the country, the servants and the inner court can also be innocent. In short, whoever can become an official and businessman of the Shipping Department and his party will be won by the highest bidder."
"Everyone in the world knows that Mr. Ge is a clean and honest person, no one would dare to doubt it."
Yuan Yupei and other Cantonese gentry laughed and flattered Wang Xijue.
"People's words are terrible! It's better to be open."
(End of this chapter)