Yunhe got Lao Zhu's consent and was very happy after talking to Lao Zhu for a while and then quitting.
Yunxi returned to Dongnuan Pavilion and said to the subordinate officials waiting here: "Your Majesty has agreed to open the sea. Let's write up a charter and submit it to Your Majesty in a few days."
Chen Xingshan was of course opposed to Yunxi's policy, but after he raised his objection and Yunxi disagreed, he had no choice but to not participate. Fortunately, Yunxi had not included him before.
Zhang Shu is a warrior and doesn't care about political matters; Yang Ren and Zhuo Jing have experience in practical affairs. Although they don't like to open the sea, after Yunxi explained to them, they also know that it is inevitable to open the sea.
So he helped Yunxi; as for Qin Song, he was a die-hard supporter of Yunxi, and he supported whatever Yunxi did.
Just after he finished speaking, the young eunuch guarding the door came in and said: "Your Highness, there is a military general requesting to come in at Wenhua Gate, claiming to be Li Xuhu."
Yunxi said: "Please come in quickly." Then he walked to the door of Dongnuan Pavilion and waited. It was impossible for him to go to Wenhua Gate to greet him.
Li Xuhu was the eldest son of Li Xin, Marquis of Chongshan. He was a native of Haozhou and a fellow villager of Zhu Yuanzhang. Li Xin also fought many battles and made many achievements, but his ability was different from that of Guo Ying, Zhang Wen, and Cao Zhen.
Far from it, and he was originally only a hereditary commander. He was a marquis who built the Xiaoling Mausoleum, so many people looked down on him, but Lao Zhu trusted him. Li Xuhu looked dignified, so Lao Zhu asked him to serve as the commander.
The East Palace is an official.
Yunxi chatted with Li Xuhu for a while as usual, and then devoted himself to the matter of establishing a maritime ban.
After all the rules were settled, Yang Ren said: "Your Highness, the tax rate needs to be adjusted according to the tax rate. For now, it is tentatively determined to be taxed according to the tax rate of one per ten tax. This is already a very high tax."
Yunxi wanted to laugh when he heard this: One out of ten taxes turned out to be a high tax. Except for a few trading ports, the average tax rate of all countries in later generations was less than 10%? And in order to prevent customs officials from bullying merchants, Yunxi
It is decided that all kinds of goods will be taxed using an average selling price, so the actual tax will definitely be lower than one out of ten.
Then Qin Song raised a meaningful question: "Your Highness, which yamen is in charge of establishing a treaty port? What is the name of the newly established official position? What rank? Who will be the first to do it?"
Yunxi thought for a while and said: "Since it involves taxes, of course it goes to the Ministry of Household Affairs, but now Shanghu County is under the jurisdiction of Yingtian Mansion, so it is temporarily under the jurisdiction of Yingtian Mansion; the chief officer is called Tiju, and it is tentatively designated as the sixth rank.
Now that Shanghu County has returned to Yingtian Prefecture, the county magistrate will also be promoted to the sixth grade, so the current magistrate will be re-appointed and a new person will be appointed as the magistrate of Shanghu County and concurrently serve as the magistrate."
But after Yunxi finished talking about the official system, he was a little scratched his head about the candidates, but he still said: "Yang Qing, you are the one who has been in charge of the state and county for a long time."
Yang Ren said: "I would like to go. However, I have just been an official of the East Palace for less than a year, so your Majesty may not allow it."
Yunxi scratched his head after taking this into consideration. He said: "Then can you recommend someone?" He then said to others: "If you have someone to choose, you can also recommend it."
Everyone thought for a while, and finally Yang Ren said: "Your Highness, if you want to serve as an official, it is not possible for someone who has not been a local official. At the same time, it is best to have experience in the Ministry of Revenue. I have a good friend named Zhang Yanfang, who once
I was appointed as the magistrate of Leping County in order to spend less money to support my parents. I have been the magistrate of Leping County for four years now."
"Zhang Yanfang is an honest man, but very insightful. Although he hates businessmen, he is very fair in judging cases. He also served as a minister of household and prefecture and county, and I thought he could do it."
Yunxi still trusted his subordinates more, but this matter was very important, so he said: "Then I will mention it to your majesty tomorrow and let him return to the capital. I will have an interview with him. If it doesn't work out, let him be the other person in Yingtian Mansion."
The magistrate of the county." Anyway, there is no rush on this matter, Yunxi has time to take care of it slowly.
Although Chen Xingshan did not agree with the opening of the sea, as an official of the East Palace, he also believed that he had to contribute. He said: "Your Highness, we need to consider the opinions of the civil servants above the court. Since the Han Dynasty, merchants have been classified as one of the five
One of the problems is that since the founding of the dynasty, merchants have been severely restricted from doing business; on the other hand, on the one hand, they have appointed Confucian ministers as officials to help the people recuperate and practice strict frugality; on the other hand, they have implemented Laozi's "chickens and dogs are not allowed to hear each other" in the countryside, except for the peddlers who bear the burden.
, and not many businessmen are needed.”
"My Ming Dynasty is rich from all over the world. Apart from some luxury goods, I don't use many things from overseas. Even for cooking seasonings, my Ming Dynasty also has Sichuan peppercorns, so I don't have to use spices from Nanyang countries. Moreover, the civil servants above the court
Perhaps they would say: 'After the opening of the sea, a large number of luxury goods from overseas will enter the country, which will cause the current trend of frugality to dissipate.'"
Although Chen Xingshan did not cook himself, the civil servants during the Hongwu period did not do anything after becoming officials like they did later. During the Hongwu period, there were many officials similar to those in Hai Rui later, and Chen Xingshan sometimes went out to buy food, so
The common people still understand it.
And the opinions he put forward were actually the objections raised by the civil servants above the court. Yunxi said: "Although the Han Dynasty classified merchants as five beetles, the Tang Dynasty once attached great importance to merchants, and this dynasty was a newly established dynasty.
Previous generations have nothing to worry about.”
"Before, strict restrictions on trade were only within the country, but this time it is open to the sea, which does not conflict with the previous national policy." Yunxi continued to quibble: "Although the Ming Dynasty is rich in the world, overseas countries also have their own things, but I, the Ming Dynasty, do not have it.
I have heard that the country of Java can grow rice three times a year, so there must be others."
Although Yunxi did not agree that the Ming Dynasty had everything, what he said had to be as consistent as possible with current people's understanding, so he could only say this.
"Since we are worried that the trend of frugality will disappear, we should import less luxury goods and impose heavy taxes on imported goods. Guhui will take the lead in frugality in the future."
Yunxi is not a very frugal person, but his enjoyment direction is different from now. In addition to raising a lot of beauties to dance and sing in the future, he also likes luxurious clothes, gorgeous palaces, and scenes of hugging each other.
Neither of them like it very much. So he can honestly say that he is frugal.
Then Yunxi said: "My Ming Dynasty is the kingdom of heaven, and countless small people in the country yearn for it. However, many people in the country are not very rich and can't afford their expenses on the road; I, the Ming Dynasty, can't afford all the money."
. Kaihai allows them to traffic goods to our country, the Ming Dynasty, so that they can use the money earned from trafficking the goods to meet the expenses on the road, so that more people from foreign countries can enjoy the civilization of our country."
"In order to let the people of the Fan Kingdom know the painstaking efforts of our Ming Dynasty, we can ask Yu Yu to send all the envoys from the Fan Kingdom to our Daming Dynasty and let them go back and inform their people."
What Yunxi said was very lofty. Yunxi believed that this alone could make those Confucian ministers who were not popular and only stick to books agree to open the sea, or at least not oppose it: As for the ministers of popular things, how could they
