Five hundred and twentieth eight chapters Han Du's request
Is Tang He happy after hearing this? Of course he is.
Since the emperor is determined to turn the sea into a granary, the support of the navy is naturally indispensable. If there is no navy to eliminate the Japanese pirates, the Japanese pirates can disrupt the sea territory all the time. Why go fishing in the sea and turn the sea into a granary?
"Your Majesty wants to," even in the city of Tanghe, one can't help but feel solemn about his next words.
"Lift the sea ban?"
Lao Zhu was silent for a long time, and saw Tang He looking straight at him. Lao Zhu smiled casually, "What's wrong?"
Seeing that Tang He lowered his head and did not answer, Lao Zhu couldn't help but stand up. He paced back and forth and said, "I banned the sea in the first place because the residual Yuan was not destroyed and the Ming Dynasty could not fight on both sides. In addition, the people went to the sea.
Fishing is too risky and the catch is not much. Therefore, we had to order a sea ban."
Tang He nodded, he was aware of the situation and understood that it was for these reasons that the emperor ordered a sea ban.
The lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty are very precious. After decades of war in the late Yuan Dynasty, people's livelihood was in decline. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, they urgently needed to recuperate and restore their vitality. For this reason, Lao Zhu even issued various decrees, on the one hand, he was exempted from taxes for three years to reward
The common people cultivated wasteland, while encouraging the common people to reproduce and live. After such a wave of operations, the number of common people in the Ming Dynasty was only less than 3 million households, not even 4 million households, and less than half of the pre-Yuan Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty overthrew the Yuan Dynasty and inherited the power of the Yuan Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty could not even catch up with the population of the former Yuan Dynasty, wouldn't it make the emperor Lao Zhu lose face?
Not to mention surpassing the B.C. Yuan Dynasty, Lao Zhu still hoped that the population of the Ming Dynasty would be comparable to the B.C. Yuan Dynasty, at least in his lifetime.
In this day and age, fishing in the sea is a very risky job. Not to mention the narrow escape from death, almost every time the people go to sea, there are people who cannot come back. It is because of this that the people are very in awe of the Sea Dragon King, and even
Even the rule that women cannot get on the boat was made. Moreover, the fishing efficiency of the people was extremely low. Because of the lack of fishing methods, the people could only catch the fish that ran to the sea, and there was no harvest at the end of the day.
A very normal thing.
Therefore, in Lao Zhu's view, exchanging people's lives for a few fish is simply a money-losing business. He might as well just order a ban on the sea. This would at least ensure that the people can avoid risks and can safely reproduce for the Ming Dynasty.
live.
But times have changed, and the situation is different now.
Handu used warships to launch deep nets for fishing. The warships ensured that fishermen would not be easily drowned by wind and waves, and the deep nets ensured that they could catch abundant fish every time they went to sea.
Therefore, even Lao Zhu couldn't help but want to lift the forbidden sea.
"What do you think?" Lao Zhu asked Tang He.
Tang He pondered for a moment and understood in his heart that the emperor was really moved and wanted to lift the ban on the sea. However, there were some things that he still wanted to pay attention to. "Your Majesty, I think this matter should be discussed in the long term."
"Oh? Why?" Lao Zhu couldn't help but frown. Originally, Lao Zhu thought that Tang He would happily agree, but he didn't expect that he would actually talk about long-term considerations.
Who has suffered the greatest loss from the ban on the sea? Of course, it is the Navy. Even Lao Zhu himself has to admit that since the ban on the sea, he has completely left the navy to Tang He and never bothered him again. To be honest,
The navy's status in his heart has indeed dropped a lot.
The Navy also changed from attacking Japanese pirates everywhere to setting up water forts and guard posts along the coast, and switched from active attack to passive defense.
And if the sea ban is lifted, the navy will benefit the most. If nothing else, at least the navy's status in Lao Zhu's heart will not be worse than that of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
"What's the reason?" Lao Zhu was naturally unhappy when Tang He refuted it, but he still wanted to hear Tang He's thoughts first.
"Your Majesty," Tang He bowed, "I believe that Han Du is Han Du and the common people are common people. The two cannot be synonymous. This boy Han Du is full of clever tricks. He can fish like this and catch a lot of money in one go.
Incomparable, but it does not mean that the people can also fish like him. If the sea ban is lifted now and the people are allowed to go fishing in the sea. Does the emperor think that the people can get big boats and catch 300,000 kilograms at a time like Han Du?
They'll just go out and fish the same way they used to."
After hearing this, Lao Zhu had to nod his head and think that what Tang He said was reasonable. It was impossible for the common people to have warships, and it was impossible for them to go into deep nets like Han Du did. Even if the sea ban was lifted, they would only use their lives as before.
Even if you try to catch a few fish, the gain will still outweigh the loss.
"It seems that I was indeed a little hasty, so let's stop the ban on the sea." Lao Zhu is also a person who can listen and persuade. The premise is that what you say must be beneficial to him and to Ming Dynasty.
Tang He pondered for a while and then said: "Your Majesty, although I have commanded the navy for many years, my familiarity with the sea is really not as good as that boy Han Du. I think that to ban the sea, it is better to wait for Han Du to come back.
, ask him for his opinion? Maybe he has some ideas, maybe."
When Lao Zhu gave up on lifting the ban on the sea just now, he felt a pity in his heart. Now that he heard Tang He say this, he naturally would not object.
"Okay then, let's put the ban on seas aside. I'll wait until Han Du comes back and listen to his views before making a decision." Lao Zhu also thought that Han Du could come up with a solution that would allow people to go fishing at sea.
There is a way to gain something and ensure their safety.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Tang He immediately flattered him.
Lao Zhu smiled complacently, but he didn't smile for long before he motioned to Tang He.
"Continue reading the memorial. I also want to hear your opinion on the things Han Du mentioned later."
"Yes," Tang He responded and continued to open the memorial and read it.
"There are too many fishes, and all the corvees recruited to help process the fishes are too busy, so that the construction of the plank road has been completely stranded. I hope that the emperor can allow me to recruit local villagers to help process the fishes. Raw fish is short
If it is not consumed in time, it will rot and is difficult to preserve. I found a way to preserve fish, which is to pickle the fish and dry it in the sun. The dried fish can be stored for three or four years. But pickling fish requires a lot of time.
Salt, so I sincerely request the emperor’s permission to dry salt on the spot for the purpose of pickling fish.”
Just two pages long, I read it with tears running down my back and sweat dripping down my back.
One recruits villagers, and the other digs fields to dry salt. Both are extremely sensitive to courtiers and extremely dangerous places. The disadvantage of one is that the whole family has to lie down together.
With the dignity of the Duke of Tang and Xin, when he saw these two things written by Han Du, he couldn't help but curse in his heart.