The four hundred and fortieth chapters open the sea
Taking a deep breath, Lin Pingzhi nodded towards Chu Yi and said: "I will note it down!"
When Lin Pingzhi retreated, Chu Yi sat cross-legged with concentration, his eyes slightly closed, his breath vaguely absent, and he had already entered a state of cultivation.
Chu Yi has many affairs on weekdays, and just dealing with some things takes up a large part of his time and energy. This is the result of Chu Yi delegating his power to other people as much as possible.
If Chu Yi really had all the power in his hands, he would probably be so busy twelve hours a day that there would be endless things to deal with.
A large part of Chu Yi's current cultivation level was due to the blessing of the Luck Altar, which burned his luck, making Chu Yi's cultivation efficiency almost ten times higher than usual.
Although it does not consume much luck once or twice, once the number of times increases and it becomes normal, Chu Yi will need to consume a considerable part of his luck just to maintain this state of practice.
The fortune Chu Yi has collected over the years is not a small amount, but part of it has been used for practice. It can be said that this is the first time that the fortune has exceeded 500,000 so far.
In the state of burning luck, blessed by the altar of luck, Chu Yi was in a mysterious and mysterious state. If the efficiency of his practice were to be known to others, their eyes would probably fall off.
Even though Chu Yi only devotes one or two hours to practice every day, the effect of his practice is comparable to that of others for two or three days, and compared to that kind of cultivator who spends almost all his time on practice.
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The next day, when the sky was brightening, Chu Yi was reading the memorials transferred from the cabinet. Chu Yi was the director of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Although there were other people under him to help him manage the entire Supervisor of Ceremonies, even those memorials were not all comprehensive.
Instead of reviewing it, other people in the Supervisor of Ceremonies will read it first, and then classify the matters according to their priority. Only the truly important matters will be presented to Chu Yi.
When Chu Yi held a memorial in his hand and glanced at the contents of the memorial, a bright light flashed in Chu Yi's eyes. The contents of the memorial could be regarded as a good news.
Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses headed by Cheng Xiangwu have slowly returned from the grassland, escorting the loot captured along the way.
After reading this memorial, Chu Yi realized why Cheng Xiangwu had such a memorial. On the one hand, it was to report the victory to the court and Chu Yi, and on the other hand, it was to ask the court for help.
After all, Cheng Xiangwu had fewer men and horses in his hands. He was escorting more than 100,000 Tatar women and driving nearly 10 million cattle, sheep, horses, etc. Wherever he passed, it was like locusts passing through, and the originally dense
The grassland has left a deep imprint.
If this is still escorting prisoners, then that's fine. The key is the trophies, whether they are cattle or war horses, which are extremely indispensable for the Ming Dynasty. If more of these trophies from Zhejiang can be brought back to the Ming Dynasty,
Then it will definitely bring great help to Ming Dynasty.
Chu Yi picked up the ink pen, personally wrote the instructions on the memorial, and stamped it with the seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Then the memorial would be sent to the emperor Zhu Houzhao. If Zhu Houzhao fulfilled his duties, he would naturally send these to the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
The eunuchs took a look at the memorials printed by them. If Zhu Houzhao cared about his own peace and happiness and ignored the affairs of the government, then these memorials would go through a formality with the emperor and then be sent for execution.
Therefore, in many cases, the comments of the Supervisor of Ceremonies on memorials are equivalent to the emperor's decision, and it is precisely because of this that the Supervisor of Ceremonies is called the Internal Minister.
Next to Chu Yi, a small pile of memorials was piled high, all of which were selected by the Supervisor of Ceremonies and must be decided by Chu Yi.
These memorials were sent from the capital at high speed, and it only took about an hour or two to go all the way. These memorials were all sent on the same day. If something important happened, there would be a dedicated person to deliver the memorials first.
It was immediately delivered to Chu Yi.
Lin Pingzhi sorted out the pile of memorials and arranged for them to be sent back to the capital.
There was a loud rumble, and a huge ship several feet high suddenly fell into the river, causing a huge splash of water.
In this shipyard, Chu Yi watched helplessly as this large ship entered the river. The hull was shaking unsteadily. When the hull stabilized, even the splashing waves gradually subsided.
Just next to Chu Yi, several shipyard directors looked nervously at the big ship falling into the water, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief that everything went well.
After all, in front of Chu Yi, if something went wrong when the new ship was launched, they were worried that Chu Yi would send someone to punish them.
Chu Yi nodded slightly, obviously very satisfied with the process of the new ship entering the water. His eyes fell on several shipyard leaders, and Chu Yi slowly said: "Mr. Lin, I would like to ask you, given the current situation of the shipyard,
Shipbuilding capacity, how many such ships can be launched within a year?"
Manager Lin took a deep breath and said to Chu Yi: "Reporting to the prince, if there are sufficient raw materials, the shipyard workers can launch dozens of large ships a year."
When he said this, Director Lin showed a bit of pride and contentment on his face. He was obviously very proud of such achievements.
Chu Yi has not only inspected one or two shipyards, but it can be said that he has a clear understanding of the capabilities of the shipyards.
This shipyard in Tianjin Wei is a large shipyard that can be ranked among the top three in the Ming Dynasty. Launching dozens of large ships a year is indeed a lot for the shipyard, but Chu Yi feels that it is a little slow.
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Noticing the change in Chu Yi's expression and seeing Chu Yi's brows furrowed with a dissatisfied look, Manager Lin felt a thump in his heart and hurriedly whispered: "But if we work overtime, the shipyard's production capacity can almost be increased by another one."
About 30%.”
Dozens of large ships, if increased by 30%, it would be almost a dozen large ships, which is already a lot.
He glanced at Director Lin indifferently and heard Chu Yi say: "Is it possible to guarantee the quality of shipbuilding? If there is any problem with the quality of the ship, I will definitely not mind chopping off a few more heads!"
Suddenly, Director Lin and others fell to the ground with a thud and kowtowed to Chu Yi: "We don't dare, we don't dare!"
Waving his hand, Chu Yi beat these people without saying anything else. Chu Yi still knew something about the officials of the Ming Dynasty over the years.
These officials are obviously able to do 100% of their work, but often they only do 80% to 90%. Very few of them are able to fulfill their duties.
If it is a newcomer, naturally he does not understand the methods, but because he is very clear about the methods, he only needs to knock a few times to ensure that these officials do their best to do things instead of
It is obvious that we can do 100% of our efforts but only do 80% or 90%.
Watching Chu Yi and his party leave, several officials headed by Director Lin breathed a sigh of relief. Chu Yi was really powerful. Even though Chu Yi looked very young, he really faced Chu Yi.
At that time, they could feel the invisible power that Chu Yi exuded.
After all, Chu Yi's reputation is too great. Even high-ranking officials and powerful people are nothing in Chu Yi's hands. There are no less than a dozen powerful people who were directly or indirectly confiscated and exterminated by Chu Yi. If Chu Yi
If you want, you can even easily wipe out all of them.
Director Lin glanced at everyone and said with a bit of a wry smile: "Everyone, I think everyone has heard the order from the chief manager. In the coming days, I hope that everyone can do their best, go all out, and create as many things as possible.
Bring out more big ships."
Although Chu Yi said he didn't know what happened after he left, even if he couldn't see it, Chu Yi himself could guess it.
After leaving the shipyard, Chu Yi rushed to repair a military camp a few miles east of the Tianjin Acropolis. The sound of shouting and killing could be heard from the huge military camp, but it was the navy soldiers and horses specially trained by Chu Yi.
Originally, the admiral of the navy was appointed by Cheng Xiangwu, but now Cheng Xiangwu is leading the army to attack the prairie, so naturally he has no time to train the navy soldiers and horses.
However, there are almost more than 10,000 naval soldiers and horses recruited by Chu Yi stationed in the capital. These soldiers and horses were all men with clean wealth and proficiency in water skills recruited by Cheng Xiangwu when he went to Fujian and the poor coastal areas of Guangdong.
At the beginning, Cheng Xiangwu recruited nearly 30,000 troops, but this did not mean that there would be no follow-up. According to Chu Yi's instructions, Cheng Xiangwu left some personnel in Guangdong, Fujian and other places to take charge of small areas.
Recruiting soldiers within.
Not long ago, a group of nearly 3,000 new soldiers entered the barracks, bringing the total number of people in the newly renovated naval camp to 18,000.
Cheng Xiangwu was away, but Chu Yi arranged for Xu Tianzuo to personally take charge of the training of the army.
The moment Chu Yi entered the military camp, a lively training scene came into Chu Yi's sight.
Xu Tianzuo came from a distinguished family background. Although he was not a direct descendant of the Xu family of Dingguo Gong, he was still able to come into contact with the Xu family's family education.
The Xu family descended from the king of Zhongshan, Xu Da, who was one of the most talented men in the Ming Dynasty. He even wrote Xu Da's Military Book.
Throughout history, what kind of figures are there who can leave military writings, such as Grand Duke Jiang Shang, Soldier Sage Sun Wu, etc.
Xu Da was able to write military books and pass them down, which shows Xu Da's attainments in the art of war.
The Ming Dynasty has been closed to the sea for many years, but the huge naval force that once roamed the ocean more than a hundred years ago has disappeared. Hundreds of years have passed, not to mention the soldiers of the past, and even the ships of the past have now disappeared in the long river of time.
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Now that Chu Yi has implemented the policy of opening the sea, in just over a month, fishermen and people from coastal areas such as Guangdong and Fujian have gone to sea one after another. The originally sneaky sea operations suddenly became legal, and many private ships suddenly became legal.
Can see the light.
For this reason, Chu Yi opened more than a dozen municipal shipping offices in coastal areas to manage coastal trade and collect commercial taxes.
Originally, there were no shipping offices in the Ming Dynasty where merchants could legally trade. The several shipping offices that originally existed were gradually abolished, or in other words, they had already lost their functions.
Nowadays, there are more than a dozen shipping companies all of a sudden. Needless to say, the businessmen are the happiest. This means that it is no longer illegal for them to do business in the future. It is also these who scold Chu Yi the most behind his back.
Businessmen, because the business tax collected by Chu Yi actually reached 15%.
Although this commercial tax is very small compared to the profit of goods, these merchants in the Ming Dynasty are not willing to pay even one penny of tax, let alone 15% of the total value of their goods.
When the municipal shipping divisions were first established, within half a month, few ships were seen voluntarily entering these municipal shipping divisions to dock, then reporting the goods carried by the ships and paying taxes in accordance with the procedures.
Huating County is where the Yangtze River enters the sea, and it is also where Shanghai became known in later generations. Today it has shown its geographical advantages.
The imperial court opened the Huating City Shipping Department in Huating, which was responsible for managing Huating merchants' overseas business. However, for half a month since the Huating City Shipping Department was opened, not a single businessman went to Huating City Shipping Department to report.
Pay tax.
Above a restaurant in Huating County, several wealthy businessmen dressed in exquisite silks and satins were gathering together to talk. One of them frowned and said: "Everyone, since the imperial court opened the sea, Guangdong and Fujian have
A large number of people from other places have joined the sea trade. In just half a month, the prices of silk, tea, porcelain, etc. that we ship overseas have dropped by almost 20%. If things continue like this, I am afraid that our profits will be reduced.
It’s been greatly reduced.”
The silk, tea, and porcelain of the Ming Dynasty were giants in overseas trade. Relying on these trade and the terrifying profits that were several times or more than ten times, a large number of maritime merchants emerged, and massive amounts of silver began to flow into the Ming Dynasty.
A wealthy businessman with a ruby-encrusted ring said with a bit of hatred in his eyes: "Chu Yi's opening of the sea has caused heavy losses to our interests, especially what can't be tolerated is that Chu Yi is simply crazy.
The lion opens his mouth so much that he wants to swallow 15% of the tax money worth of the goods in one mouthful. He is truly worthy of a eunuch who only has money in his eyes."
The maritime merchant just looked at the crowd and said: "Everyone, I believe that as long as we unite, no one will go, and no one else will be allowed to go to the Huating City Shipping Department to report the goods and pay taxes. I think it will take up to a month.
The imperial court will definitely abolish the Shipping Department of Huating City."
"What Brother Liu said is true. We must unite and let the court and Chu Yi know that we are not easy to mess with."
A maritime merchant couldn't help showing a hint of worry on his face and said: "Everyone, Chu Yi is not that easy to offend. Have you forgotten that there are so many heads killed by Chu Yi in the south of the Yangtze River?"
[New Year’s greetings to everyone on the first day of the Lunar New Year!]
