"Nan Ming."

Ambassador Yang recited this very historical name with some regret.

Of course, he calls himself Zhengshuo of the Ming Dynasty.

That's what he calls people.

Moreover, most of the local officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty also believed that he was the Zhengshuo of the Ming Dynasty. However, they were frightened by his despotic power and had to compromise, so they refused to recognize the Guangzhou court. After all, the empress was brought out here, no matter whether it was a Confucian scholar

Even the gentry with serious traditional ideas were almost furious with this result. This clearly shows that they are on the road to disaster for the country and the people.

The country will not be a country!

Counting it this way, Zhu Yunzhen represents light.

Although officials and gentry did not dare to take refuge in the light.

The reason why the officials, gentry and generals who supported Annan in Guangdong and Guangxi, including Wang Bi and the He family, followed Zhu Yunwen was very simple.

Just two.

One is overseas trade.

The He family had already sent people to test it out. If the imperial court liberalized overseas trade and allowed private merchants to go overseas, they could send Zhu Yunwen back. They took Zhu Yunwen over, really intending to use it as a bargaining chip, but Yang Feng refused.

If they want to participate in overseas trade, they must join the government-run Nanyang Company. To be precise, it is a monopoly overseas trading company jointly owned by the government's commercial office, the royal family, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the little princess. This company has obtained a charter and specializes in dealing with Nanyang

All trade in the vassal country, whether exporting or importing, must go through this company in the future.

At the same time this company has armed rights.

Non-Nanyang Company ships that encounter this line of trade at sea can be directly sunk.

No matter what status.

Tribute trade at sea also ceased.

Paying tribute is paying tribute, and you are not allowed to bring goods privately for trade in the future.

Not prohibited on land.

Paying tribute by land can still bring goods for trade.

In addition, it has the right to attack vassal states that trade with merchants other than the Nanyang Company without authorization.

So there are marines too.

And they are powerful. Although there are five thousand in total, they are already equipped with flintlocks and even rifled flintlocks. After all, in the Nanyang environment, matchlocks are too restrictive. Although flintlocks still cannot work all-weather, at least there will be a light rain.

No need to worry anymore.

In addition, the flash cap is already being developed. Once this thing is available, the problem will be completely solved.

Moreover, such actions by Nanyang Company do not need to be approved by the court. As long as they discover such a situation and the evidence is conclusive, they can take direct action. Of course, they cannot frame or frame them. The bottom line of being a human being must still be adhered to...

Well, this means that it can actually be done.

Got it all!

The second is the issue of forced exchange settlement.

In order to facilitate trade, banks will also be opened in these dependent countries.

In short, no matter buying or selling, treasure banknotes must be used. Even if it is a transaction at the port of a vassal country, both parties must use treasure banknotes. Those who dare not use it are still the rules of Emperor Taizu Gao. Reporting is allowed, and the reporter gets everything in the transaction. Both the buyer and the seller are equally guilty.

, all have to be beheaded. If the vassal country does not agree, it is a disobedience, and the Ming Dynasty can send troops to attack, including directly destroying the country.

Just these two questions.

As long as the imperial court promised to open up private overseas trade and abolish the compulsory foreign exchange settlement system, the Guangdong officials and gentry gave up their resistance and sent Zhu Yunwen back to the capital.

As for Wang Bi, it is not important. His troops did not resist him, but followed and surrendered to Zhu Yunwen. It was just because the transportation of military supplies from Guangdong to Annan was not interrupted, so they were raised by the Guangdong gentry, who also needed them. The He family

The Guangdong maritime merchants headed by them, including the smuggled Fujian maritime merchants, conducted a large amount of trade with Nanyang through Annan, and then through the Fujian maritime merchants, Jiangxi, and Huguang land smugglers, they sold Nanyang spices and other spices to the areas controlled by the imperial court, and then used the earned profits

Use part of the money to support Wang Bi's army...

What else do they want?

Isn’t it just money?

The Nanming court was not short of money.

Now they have a monopoly on Southeast Asian trade.

Originally, there was no such thing in the past. Lao Zhu did not liberalize overseas trade. He only authorized merchants from some vassal countries to trade at a few customs offices in the Ming Dynasty, and then only allowed them to use treasure banknotes for transactions.

He didn't really let go.

Now the Annan coastal port controlled by He Rong's navy and Wang Bi directly blocked this trade.

There is no need for these merchants to come to Ming Dynasty.

Maritime merchants from Guangdong and Annan sailed their own ships to these vassals, and then went directly to their ports for trade. Anyway, sailing from Guangzhou to Hoi An in Annan was under the control of the Guangzhou court. In fact, these vassal states were also under the control of the Guangzhou court.

It was also an entrepot trade. After the porcelain, silk, steel, etc. of the Ming Dynasty arrived at them, they were then transported to India and even the Arabian Peninsula. What they used for trade were spices, medicinal materials, and various luxury goods such as gemstones. So in the end, it was actually

Guangdong and Annan maritime merchants have become what can be said to be monopolistic middlemen in this trade chain. It is impossible not to make money just like this.

The court can't control them yet.

Unless Yang Feng has the ability to block the entire land border checkpoint.

But this is also impossible.

In fact, due to the involvement of various matters during this period, the imperial court's control over local areas was not as good as before, and it was unable to control these checkpoints at all.

Even smuggling along the coast of Fujian cannot be controlled.

It can be said that the chaos that lasted for nearly a year in the Ming Dynasty made Lao Zhu's thirty years of hard work in vain. The ruling system he established with brutal means and which he believed to be the most perfect was on the verge of collapse.

The monsters, monsters and monsters along the way are unlocked one after another...

Even Japanese pirates appeared again.

Of course, it is difficult to say whether it is a real Japanese or a fake Japanese.

Anyway, they are all active along the coast of Fujian, especially the coast of southern Fujian.

Anyway, local officials in Fujian often reported that Japanese pirates had landed and occupied the islands. Then it can be explained that the goods shipped from Guangdong were all traded between Japanese pirates and unruly people along the coast.

It's like this everywhere.

On land, in areas like Meiling, smuggling can be said to be open and honest.

The levels are in name only.

The entire country is quickly breaking free from Lao Zhu's shackles.

This is also the source of the confidence of these gentry in the south.

As soon as Lao Zhu died, they felt that the sky above them suddenly opened up, and the air that they could hardly breathe was so sweet, and they felt that their whole bodies were suddenly filled with strength. The northern gentry were much more sober on this point, after all, they were all true

Those who had seen Yang Feng's methods, including the Suzhou gentry, were more sober than the Guangdong gentry. So when Yang Feng refused both terms without hesitation, the Guangdong gentry also supported the new emperor without hesitation. The reign of Zhu Yunwen when he ascended the throne in Guangzhou

It is also Jianwen. This reign has pinned the ardent hopes of the Confucian scholars. Even Enke has been opened. It is estimated that the first batch of Jinshi will be admitted this year, not only the scholars from Guangdong, Guangxi and Annan, but also the scholars from Huguang, Jiangxi and Fujian.

They all ran away secretly.

Abandon darkness and embrace light.

If Yang Feng was struck to death by a thunderbolt from God, wouldn't Emperor Jianwen be able to return to the capital?

As ministers of the Dragon, they naturally prospered.

Of course, the main reason is that the imperial examination has been reformed here, and they don't bother to join in the same trend.

"It's not because you look so ugly when you eat alone."

Sister Liu said.

The little princess nodded in agreement.

In fact, she is not very opposed to opening up coastal trade, she just cannot tolerate the banking problem.

After all, banks make money while lying down, but overseas trade requires huge investments, especially according to Yang Feng's plan, which also has to add the cost of suppression. According to this model, just to eliminate pirates will require huge sums of money.

It would be better to liberalize coastal trade but insist on mandatory foreign exchange settlement.

In the end, gold and silver still end up in banks.

There is no need to pay for suppression costs.

"childish!"

Yang Feng said.

"Then tell me, if you're not eating alone, what are you?

You won't even get much benefit.

You don’t know that the East India Company finally had to be handed over to the British government because it couldn’t survive, right? The same goes for the Dutch East India Company, and the Portuguese East India Company only lasted for a few decades. Do you think that the monopoly will bring huge income?

?But in fact, a monopoly will not bring huge income. You need to pay huge costs to maintain your monopoly. Do you think they will stop smuggling if you don't let them smuggle?
To be continued...