"Wei Aiqing said this is great good!" Emperor Hongzhi had to admit that he was moved. If these two major problems could be solved, there was no doubt that this would be a matter that could continue the country's fortune.

"I would like to ask Wei Aiqing to write a memorial. I will discuss it with all the ministers and then make a decision!" Emperor Hongzhi said.

"I obey the order!" Wei Xian answered this job.

After leaving the palace, Wei Xian began to think about this matter and see how to open up the situation. He checked relevant information, including the "Yongle Encyclopedia" and the records of the three treasure eunuchs going to Southeast Asia for seven trips to Nanyang.

In less than a hundred years, craftsmen could build Zheng He treasure ships. During the Zheng He voyage, a total of 4,000 large and small sea ships were built nationwide, and the yards were spread all over the country. During the Yongle period, the navy had 3,800 ships, including 1,350 patrol ships, and 400 large capital ships at the Xinjiangkou, Nanjing. Zheng He treasure ships were all at the peak.

According to relevant records: "Treasure Ship No. 63, the big ship is 44 zhang long and 18 zhang wide." It is equivalent to the modern hull about 138 meters long and 56 meters wide, and the displacement exceeds 1,000 tons!

The more Wei Xian looked at the information, the more he felt that China was really guarding the treasure mountain without knowing it. It was obvious that he took the steps of voyage first, but because of various reasons, he banned the sea and handed over the luck of the times to the Westerners for no reason.

Three months later, Wei Xian submitted a memorial that was different from normal. His memorial was very long and thick, equivalent to a book of hundreds of pages, with a chart about the General Administration of Customs, a chart about Zheng He's seven trips to the South China Sea and a world map forged by Wei Xian. Based on his own knowledge, Wei Xian drew a world map, including which lands are in the main, which kingdoms look like, and what spices, iron ore, gold ore, silver ore, etc. are present in various places.

Wei Xian knew very well that in order to promote the Ming Dynasty to open up the maritime ban and enter the era of great navigation, the most important thing is to tempt civil and military officials and the emperor.

Whether it is hundreds of millions of fertile land overseas, grains three seasons a year, spices, gold, silver, copper, iron, etc., these are all things that make people's eyes turn red.

Among the General Administration of Customs, Wei Xian listed a total of six places including Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Jinan and Tianjin. The customs yamen are directly managed by the General Administration of Customs and are not under the jurisdiction of the local government. The inspection department, the audit department, the audit department, the comprehensive statistics department, the supervision department, the customs collection and management department, the inspection department, etc. The customs yamen was demoted to the bureau.

Wei Xian listed it clearly, including the responsibilities of each department and bureau!

The thick memorial was submitted to Emperor Hongzhi. It was only a month later that Wei Xian was notified to go to the palace. However, in addition to the emperor, there were also cabinet ministers, six ministers, and even the clan mansions. They were able to participate in this meeting, at least a third-rank official, and they were all real power figures.

"Dear friends, everyone has read the memorials of Wei Aiqing. If you have any questions to ask next, you can ask!" Emperor Hongzhi sat on the dragon throne and spoke.

In history, Emperor Hongzhi had passed away at this time, and Emperor Zhengde officially took the stage of history. However, Emperor Hongzhi is now full of red face and strong body, and he doesn't look like he is about to die.

The ministers raised one question, and Wei Xian had already prepared a question, asking and answering each question. At the beginning, it was about the ownership of the General Administration of Customs and the Customs Office. Is it necessary to build a separate yamen? Is it necessary to belong to the Ministry of Revenue or other ministries? Wei Xian knew that this involves a dispute of interests, including whether the customs tax revenue belongs to the Ministry of Revenue or the treasury, which are all disputes over specific interests.

The Ministry of Revenue is different from the treasury. The Ministry of Revenue is owned by the state, while the treasury is the emperor's private treasury. Ministers are not qualified to use the treasury.

There is also the issue of whether to collect commercial taxes extended here. As a result, as the discussion was discussed, there was an additional tax department, which was responsible for the tax collection, and even the tax collection of the tax department was negotiated.

It took a full month to make the dust regulation!

Gu Feng

Wei Xian took office immediately and served as the director of the General Administration of Customs. He was from the third rank, the fourth rank of directors of each department, and other officials, and all of them were determined. The fourth rank of customs chiefs of each locality and the fifth rank of directors of each bureau.

The emperor directly rewarded a mansion and hung it on the "General Customs Office". Officials were mobilized to the General Administration of Customs Office one after another. Wei Xian spent a lot of time to train these colleagues. The training time alone was half a year. During this period, there were also guards exclusively to the General Administration of Customs and guards of various customs. Because they were directly divided from the garrison, there was policy-based.

It was not until the 19th year of Hongzhi that he really took office and went to various places to establish customs offices!

Of course, the General Administration of Customs and Customs Office are not a big deal, and there is not much attention, because the focus of the world is on the establishment of the Ministry of Taxation. Since then, the six ministries have become seven ministries. The Minister of the Ministry of Taxation, the Minister of the Ministry of Taxation and other officials have been appointed by the emperor and the Ministry of Personnel to select officials. This is a matter of the whole country and a major event.

The whole world was in turmoil and uneasy, and even local wealthy merchants colluded to rebel. As a result, the official army suppressed the family and destroyed the clan, and blood flowed into a river. Emperor Hongzhi and important officials in the court used a firm attitude to promote the Ministry of Taxation, and the treasury was full, so the confidence was sufficient.

In the 19th year of Hongzhi and 20th year of Hongzhi, there were many turbulent people in the world. There were countless wealthy merchants who were confiscated and exterminated their families. As a result, the court was not necessarily soft. Instead, it was more confident because it had confiscated a lot of money and food. Faced with the court's firm attitude, the merchants finally knew what it means to be unable to hold their arms and give in, and surrender obediently. The Ministry of Taxation also extended to most places to collect commercial taxes. In the past, shops, brothels, and restaurants did not have to pay taxes, but now it is different. They all received tax payments from local tax yamen. If they did not pay taxes, the store doors would be blocked and auctioned. There were even official roads of the tax yamen located in the official road. Once there was no tax certificate, they would be fined or even confiscated.

It was not until the 25th year of Hongzhi that the General Administration of Customs and the Ministry of Taxation were truly on track. In this year, the General Administration of Customs handed over a total of 1 million taels, built six large ports, and opened up the north-south sea transport hub. From then on, the north-south freight no longer only relies on the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou, and many goods began to be transported by sea. After all, sea transport can be transported directly from Guangzhou to Tianjin.

The Ministry of Taxation was even more powerful. This year he paid 10 million taels of silver, which was still above the land tax and Ding tax. Moreover, as the court organized a fleet to go to the South China Sea again, more and more situations about the South China Sea were understood. In this year, the Qin vassal moved the vassal Lu Song as a whole. The court gave the royal family who were willing to move the vassals extremely high autonomy, and could have their own army, establish government officials, and establish ancestral temples. As long as the Ming Dynasty was recognized as the sect leader, it hoped to protect the Ming Dynasty.

It was also in the 25th year of Hongzhi that the General Administration of Customs was upgraded to the same level as the Seventh Ministry. Wei Xian was able to reach the second rank and became an important official in the court.

Wei Xian was also very happy to see the changes brought about by the Ming Dynasty due to his own changes and was full of prosperity. Not only the changes in the court, but also the changes in the world. The Huashan Sect, the Demon Sect, and the Wudang Sect all went overseas to explore and make a lot of profits.

Wei Xian was only twenty-nine years old and ranked second-rank senior. Everyone knew that Wei Xian's entry into the cabinet was just a foregone conclusion. It was also this year that Wei Xian sent his second son Wei Ke to Heimu Cliff, and Ren Yingying followed him, but Ren Woxing was old and his body might not be able to bear it for a few years. Wei Xian began to prepare for his son to serve as the leader of the Demon Cult.

At the end of the 25th year of Hongzhi, the Northern Navy set out from Weihai, Shandong, officially kicking off the attack on Japan. After all, the Ming Dynasty did not forget that the Japanese chaos caused the southeast coastal sea to be unstable, nor did they forget that Japan was covered with silver, and Shijianshan produced millions of taels of silver annually!

The Northern Navy destroyed Japan's ships at the first time, then began to land, occupy a land, and then carried the Ming Dynasty's official army to land continuously and began to conquer the cities and land. At this time, Japan was really much worse than the Ming Dynasty. What's more, the Central Plains martial arts world has penetrated deeply in Japan in recent years. Many ronin died at the hands of the Central Plains martial arts world, and they could not resist the official army at all. Occupation of Shijianshan also confirmed that Shijianshan produced silver. The news came back to the Ming Dynasty, and suddenly became excited. The King of Qi even reported to the court that he was willing to move the vassal of Japan.

The curtain of the times opened, and the court, which tasted the sweetness, could no longer stop sailing. After all, capturing a place could allow the royal family to move the vassals and take the land back to the court. Moreover, the overseas food was transported back to the Ming Dynasty, which also allowed the Ming Dynasty to no longer have to starve to death. Silver, copper coins, and gold were transported back to the Ming Dynasty, which also allowed the Ming Dynasty to be free of money.

In the 30th year of Hongzhi, Emperor Hongzhi finally died and died. The ministers and the people cried bitterly because of the loss of the Lord of Restoration, and supported Emperor Hongzhi's only son. Crown Prince Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne. The next year, he changed the year name to "Zhengde". The Ming Dynasty entered the Zhengde era.

At this time, Emperor Zhengde was 27 years old, and was in his prime. Moreover, due to the influence of Wei Xian, Emperor Zhengde was very interested in the voyage and was not interested in expeditioning to the north of Mobei. Instead, based on the original six customs, he added four trading ports, Shantou, Fuzhou, Taizhou and Suzhou, and set up customs.

Emperor Zhengde was ambitious and wanted to make a great achievements that surpassed his father and showed his skills. Wei Xian became the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and ranked first in the Cabinet. This Chief Minister of the Cabinet was the most powerful among the cabinet ministers. He presided over the major policies of the cabinet, especially the position of the title of the vote. The Second Supervisor did not dare to compete with him, and became the de facto head of civil servants.

Wei Xian assisted Emperor Zhengde and moved all the Ming royal families overseas. King Qi and King Lu were all transferred to Japan. King Qin and King Lu were transferred to the vassal of Lu Song Island, King Tang, King Zhou, King Yi and others moved to the vassal of Java Island. King Ning and King Chu were unwilling to move the vassal of rebellion. Wang Shouren easily suppressed the rebellion. Wang Shouren was awarded the title of Minister of War. After six years as governor of Zhejiang, Tang Yin was also transferred back to the court to serve as Minister of Revenue.
Chapter completed!