Zhu Hai boarded the ship with a gloomy face. The imperial court finally took action against him and ordered him to return to Beijing for retirement.
Of course, there are many rewards. From eunuch to military commander, he was awarded the title of right commander of the navy, granted the title of Zhuguo, granted the special title of Guanglu doctor, and was promoted to the crown prince and grand master. When he went to the morning court, he was ranked second among the military commanders, only behind Li Ying.
.
His adopted son (distant nephew) from his hometown was also recognized by the court and given the surname Zhu, so that he could inherit the title of marquis in the future.
Being blessed with grace and honor is not a bad thing. To be transformed from a eunuch to a military commander is what many eunuchs dream of.
However, Zhu Hai was still unwilling to let go of the foundation he had created.
"Master Marquis, don't worry anymore," Zhang Liangjing advised. "In a few years, you will be 50 years old and you will be far away overseas. Why not return to the capital with honor? In the future, returning to your hometown in glory is also a matter of honoring your ancestors, isn't it?"
Zhu Hai sighed and said, "I can't let go here."
Zhang Liangjing said: "The newly arrived Governor Li, I heard, is both civil and military, and he is not an incompetent person."
Zhu Hai narrowed his eyes and said, "Li Yinglin is good at writing poems and essays, but I'm afraid he's too kind-hearted!"
Li Yinglin, a native of Shanxi, was a scholar in the 24th year of Zhengde. He ranked third in the joint examination and eighth in the second list of the palace examination. He was the same year and good friend of Tang Shunzhi.
The imperial court formally established the Yinzhou Governor, and the Governor's Palace was located in Mazu City, under the dual management of the Ministry of War and the Navy Commander's Palace.
The young emperor planned to appoint a eunuch as the governor, on the grounds that eunuchs had no heirs and would not rebel and stand on their own from thousands of miles away. However, Wang Yuan knew very well what kind of eunuchs there were, and people like Zhu Hai were rare, so he insisted on choosing a civilian as the governor.
The governor of Yinzhou is a very good vacancy, but unfortunately the civil servants are afraid of him like a tiger. Firstly, the sea journey of thousands of miles is dangerous and unpredictable, and secondly, Yinzhou is remote and is a foreign land.
Wang Yuan talked to several civil servants, but all of them politely declined the appointment. In the end, Li Yinglin recommended himself.
In addition to the governor, there is also a Yinzhou general soldier, who is served by Jiang Yuan, a Jinshi in the 21st year of Zhengde.
A governor and a general soldier formalized the Yinzhou colony.
Wang Yuan set a rule that 40% of the revenue from the colonies would be transported back to the Ming Dynasty, 40% would be used to maintain the colonies, and the remaining 30% would be used exclusively for immigration and development.
As for regulation, it is difficult to regulate.
Too strict control like Spain, with layers of restrictions from colonial officials, will inevitably lead to the failure of the colony to develop. They only know how to kill and plunder wealth, which will eventually cause rebellions in the colonies. Even because officials restrict each other, the powers are seriously overlapping, and when suppressing colonial uprisings
, I don’t know who should be responsible, and the administrative efficiency is appallingly slow.
Even Spain gradually strengthened supervision, and it was also very extensive when the colony was first established.
After exploring the sea, Zhu Hai returned to the Ming Dynasty.
However, Zhu Hai's nephew Pang Sheng still has great influence in Yinzhou. Pang Sheng owns the most land outside Mazu City and has the most indigenous tenants, and several captains listen to him. This is what Zhu Hai left
political "legacy".
As the governor of Yinzhou, Li Yinglin's first priority was not to deal with the Inca Empire, but how to deal with the bunch of Zhu Hai's old subordinates.
The governor Li Yinglin and the general Jiang Yuanyi combined...to fight!
Using war to establish authority has always been the most immediate method.
The wealth of the northern and southern Inca empires has been sucked away. Because they have been unable to destroy each other, the two kings and brothers are unwilling to fight anymore. No matter how the officials of the Ming Dynasty instigated it, it was only a small fight, and it was difficult to break out a war involving tens of thousands of people.
The arms business can no longer continue.
In addition, despite the advent of cowpox, smallpox still claimed the lives of millions of indigenous people. Years of civil war and a sharp decline in population made the two Inca empires in the north and south so impoverished that even the officialdom could not organize manpower to repair them.
As long as Li Yinglin raises troops in the north and Lin Shiyi raises troops in the south, the two separated Incas will surely be destroyed at the same time.
"Su Long Kingdom cannot be destroyed." Fang Lingxi said.
Li Yinglin asked: "Why can't it be destroyed?"
Fang Lingxi said: "I have been in Mazu City for more than a month. From Tan Haihou, I have a basic understanding of the situation in the Sulong Kingdom. The rule of the Sulong Kingdom is very different from that of the Ming Dynasty..."
"First of all, they are composed of hundreds or thousands of tribes. The king is like the emperor, and the tribal chiefs are like the princes."
"Secondly, these tribes formed four major provinces, and the situation in each province was slightly different."
"Thirdly, the Sulong Kingdom does not collect taxes, and there is no market or trading. Common people obtain pottery and clothing by relying on tribal leaders to distribute them, and they also exchange gifts in daily transactions."
"Only by understanding the above three points can we truly understand how to deal with Su Longguo."
Li Yinglin cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Fengyi, please speak clearly."
Fang Lingxi said: "King Su Long is the co-owner of the people here and has always had a friendly relationship with the Ming Dynasty. Destroying his country without authorization will only arouse the hostility of many tribes and make this place full of tribes, which is not conducive to the Ming Dynasty's long-term and stable acquisition of wealth.
.The indigenous tribes near Mazu Bay have gradually learned to trade. They should induce the Sulong King with benefits and agree that Ming coins can be freely traded here."
Li Yinglin was a Shuji scholar, with outstanding poetry and talents, but he did not deal with businessmen very much. He immediately wondered: "What's the use of this?"
Fang Lingxi explained: "I heard from Tan Haihou that ships from the Ming Dynasty came here carrying goods from the Ming Dynasty, and they were all sold to the nobles of the Sulong Kingdom, mainly luxury items. But when the Ming Dynasty wanted to buy goods and take them back, they could only exchange goods with the nobles.
They don't accept Ming coins for barter. Over the past ten years, the gold and silver of the nobles of Sulong Kingdom have been gradually exhausted, and only temples and mines are left. The gold and silver will be mined out one day. How to obtain wealth then?
?”
Li Yinglin thought for a while and said: "The common people farm and weave, and the craftsmen work."
Fang Lingxi said: "However, the people of Sulong Kingdom have no idea of trading at all. They only use labor in exchange for tribal supplies. They have no money and even lack of private property. Everything is controlled by the chief. Even bartering is done by the chief.
Come forward."
Li Yinglin still couldn't understand, so he could only say: "Mr. Fengyi, please clarify."
Fang Lingxi said: "First, let the people of Sulong know what money is, and let them all use the Ming Dynasty's money. In this way, the chiefs will gradually lose control of the indigenous people, and the Ming Dynasty will use money to control the indigenous people. The Ming Dynasty will use cheap goods
, destroy all industries in Sulong Kingdom, and let them help the Ming Dynasty in farming, mining, hunting, and fishing. Speed up the promotion of cowpox in Sulong Kingdom and try to let as many natives survive as possible. Every native can provide us with wealth."
Li Yinglin remained silent and went back to think about it for the night, suddenly feeling great fear.
Coins can actually control a country!
A few days later, Li Yinglin collected coins from Mazu City and packed two boxes of copper coins and transported them to the capital of the Northern Inca Empire.
The king has run out of gold and silver, and is sending people to dig out gold and silver mines, otherwise he will not be able to buy luxury goods and ironware from the Ming Dynasty.
Li Yinglin said to the king: "Gold, silver and currency are all money and can be used to exchange items."
The northern Inca king said: "I know."
Li Yinglin asked the king: "Why not use Ming coins?"
The king of the Northern Incas said: "I have no money."
Li Yinglin smiled and said: "Gold and silver can be exchanged for money, fur, grain, wood, alpacas... can also be exchanged for money, and even land can be exchanged for money."
The king of the Northern Incas said: "Isn't this just giving gifts to each other?"
"This is a deal." Li Yinglin used the word "deal" in Chinese.
Tan Haihou and his men must know how to do business, but they don't know one thing: if you want to take something, you must first give it to it.
The Inca nobles must have a large amount of coins in their hands so that they can experience the benefits of currency and have the concept of trading. For more than ten years, the Nanyinzhou colony has been "gifting each other", and the Ming Dynasty gave the Inca nobles luxury goods
, the Inca nobles gave gold and silver to the Ming Dynasty. The tribal chiefs gave the Ming Dynasty grain, furs, ores, and the Ming Dynasty gave the tribal chiefs cloth and ironware.
"Trade." The Northern Inca king repeated this word repeatedly.
Li Yinglin asked someone to bring a few carts of coins and said: "These are the Ming Dynasty's Tongbao, which can be used to buy or sell anything. Your Majesty the King, you can sell me a piece of land, and these coins will be yours. You can use these coins to buy anything you want."
I like all kinds of Ming Dynasty goods.”
The Northern Inca King asked: "Why not just exchange land for goods? I will give you land, and you will give me goods."
Li Yinglin felt a little tired and patiently explained: "Can the goods exchanged by His Majesty be kept at home? If it is countless grains, it will need to be piled in many granaries, and it may rot over time. But if it is replaced
Once it is converted into coins, you only need to put it in a box, and you can take it out and use it no matter how long it takes, and you can buy whatever you want."
The Northern Inca King suddenly understood, as if a door to a new world had been opened, and he immediately asked: "Where do you want to buy the land?"
Li Yinglin said: "I bought all the five hundred miles around Mazu Bay. The money is definitely not enough, because there is not much money in Mazu City, but I can transport it from Daming."
The Northern Inca King said: "Although it is my territory, it actually belongs to the tribe."
Li Yinglin said: "As long as your Majesty agrees, the money belongs to your Majesty, and I will pay additional coins to the relevant tribes."
The King of Northern Inca was very happy to be able to pick up two large boxes of copper coins for free. He said, "Then you can go and talk among yourselves."
Li Yinglin added: "I hope that in the future, we will use coins for transactions with each other."
The Northern Inca King said: "Of course."
The arrival of Fang Lingxi put the Nanyinzhou colony on a completely different development path.
Spain transported money to the country, while Ming Dynasty transported money to the colonies.
At least the next fleet trip will have to transport several ships of currency so that Ming coins can be circulated in the Inca Empire as soon as possible.
At the beginning, it was definitely a monetary transaction with the tribe.
But gradually, individual natives would come quietly with goods and privately exchange money with the Ming immigrants. This phenomenon had happened a long time ago, but it was all bartering, and the Inca natives were unwilling to accept money.
If things go on like this, the tribal public ownership of the Inca Empire will collapse and disintegrate into private ownership.
Once the Inca government did not make corresponding reforms, the country would inevitably exist in name only and become a dumping market and raw material base dependent on the Ming Dynasty's currency system.
Where do you need to use a knife or a gun?
After killing the natives, how about transporting black slaves?