Chapter 312 Make money, not shabby(1/2)
Li Binyan said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, there are many banned items of artillery in the merchant ships. Although they covered them up when they entered the port, I know what it is. Some crossbows and muskets are hidden in the cabin. I have some doubts, how to deal with this matter?"
Zhu Qiyu's face became serious, and he asked solemnly: "How did Jingshi Li deal with it?"
Li Binyan knew that this matter was very important, but he still bowed and said, "I have never opened a bow or filled with gunpowder and other ships. I have never investigated it. If Zhang Gong enters the port, it will be dealt with as a Japanese pirate."
"The Ming Navy was in a state of power, and the sea trade was full of dangerous places. The Japanese pirates were arrogant. The South and Western countries were not good people. I have repeatedly told all ships that they must stop entering the port and that they must not fill in medicine."
This method of handling is obviously a serious crime of rebellion, rebellion, and great rebellion, but after repeated consideration, Li Binyan decided to deal with it coldly.
If you don’t put your mouth in the medicine, I will pretend that you didn’t see it. If you put your mouth in the medicine, I will beat you up as a Japanese pirate.
The Ming Dynasty prohibits crossbows, guns, and armor. Anyone who is privately kept is subject to rebellion.
However, the place where these sea ships are located is not in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. There is some weapons and equipment. It is natural that merchants and merchants travel around the world and have no means to protect themselves. That is nonsense.
This is the Ming Dynasty in the 15th century, and this is the 16th year after the Ming Dynasty's fleet to the West was disbanded. All the maritime trade affairs will be supervised according to the Ming Dynasty's laws, which will inevitably be a waste of food.
Zhu Qiyu thought seriously for a long time and said, "Censor Li handled it very well."
Li Binyan breathed a sigh of relief. He thought His Majesty would be furious. After all, hiding firearms, armor, and crossbows in private is a bit irreversible. But the reality is that commercial ships go to sea without weapons, which is equivalent to dying.
The pirates don’t tell you the laws of the Ming Dynasty, who made your Ming navy lose its power.
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said, "Judge Li should not make any noise about this matter, and Mizhou Maritime Mansion will also be downplayed."
Zhu Qiyu means that this matter is not called a word, but is treated as a four-digit pound.
If it is claimed, it is to deal with the crime of treason.
If there is a law to be updated in the future, then the plain text will be used. Before the law to be updated, the unspoken rules will be used. Zhu Qiyu's hands are too short now and they cannot control that wide.
How long does it take to sail from Japan to the Ming Dynasty?
As slow as one month, as fast as ten days, as well as the wind, the gap between the wind and the sea roads have long been unobstructed, the operation is extremely mature, and there are many commercial ships, but Japanese pirates are rampant.
At present, the main function of the Maritime Bureau is to collect taxes. The main purpose of collecting taxes in armed terms is land jurisdiction.
"Can you set up a place in Mizhou for the exchange of silver coins from His Majesty Baoyuan Bureau? How silver is the sea merchant?" Li Binyan asked another question with his eyes flashing.
He had mentioned before that the military battle situation would allow Haoyouzhijia to participate, which was obviously an extremely stupid proposal, but Baoyuan Bureau did not mint coins and could exchange silver coins. Mizhou Maritime Bureau also belongs to the north.
Can I also set up a place to exchange silver coins in Mizhou Maritime?
Zhu Qiyu did not deny it immediately, but thought seriously for a long time and said, "If you are known by the imperial censors, you must study your book."
The bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty still have objections to the fact that Xuanfu Gongshi could use silver coins, and it has also proved that what the bureaucrats said has some truth.
After the silver coins flow out, they can't come back.
They are quite worried about this.
Li Binyan's proposal will definitely be impeached, but Li Binyan still put forward this idea.
According to the bureaucratic principle of doing things, it is better to have less than more things. Li Binyan only needs to complete the emperor's order. It is obvious that Li Binyan thinks it is very necessary.
Li Binyan whispered: "The production of Japanese silver is extremely large, and I have some ideas, I don't know if it's right."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said, "Just speak freely."
The salt and iron meeting was already extremely relaxed. Zhu Qiyu was naturally willing to let the court officials express their opinions more as long as their butts were not crooked.
Li Binyan hurriedly said, "I am afraid."
"Your Majesty, I think the abandonment of the Jiaozhi Sansi in the third year of Xuande is actually related to the suspension of the Baoyuan Bureau's large-scale casting of copper coins after the 18th year of Yongle. Yongle Tongbao is rampant overseas, and Tongbao is used in many places, and it is used as a means of wealth and is mostly hoarded."
"The court officials opposed casting copper coins and believed that copper coins were out of the way. In the end, Baoyuan Bureau no longer cast copper coins. Our Ming Dynasty was overseas, so it was just a fantasy Ming Dynasty."
"You can't see or touch it, so you naturally have no respect."
Li Binyan means that after the 18th year of Yongle, he stopped casting Yongle Tongbao, which eventually led to the lack of influence of the Ming Dynasty in Southeast Asia.
To put it more easily understandable, it means that the US dollar has changed from a global monetary system to a domestic currency.
This lack of influence is obviously fatal.
Seeing that His Majesty was not angry and agreed with him, Li Binyan continued, "Your Majesty, in the Maritime Bureau, someone exchanged silver coins for Japanese silver, then transported them to the capital, and then brought them to the Baoyuan Bureau for silver coins. Someone is doing this transaction."
"Since it's profitable, why can't it be the court?"
Zhu Qiyu looked at Li Binyan. During this trip to Shandong, Li Binyan went from firmly opposing the competition for profit with the people and supporting the powerful and right-faith family to participating in the minting of coins to insist on supporting the competition with the people, and to fight for the profits of a large-scale battle, clear-cut and open-minded.
It is conceivable what Li Binyan has experienced in just two years that such a big change has taken place.
Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Okay, since you have benefited, why can't you be the court!"
"I don't let Nanjing Baoyuan Bureau exchange silver coins. The purpose is to communicate between north and south goods, just like salt in Xuanfu, and it is used in Datong. Your proposal is very good, I'll be sure."
Zhu Qiyu did not intend to discuss with the foreign court. If the Minister of Revenue Jin Lian did not agree, he would earn the profit himself!
According to the current price of the Ming silver coins, one can be exchanged for two taels of silver. He also needs to fill in six coins of tin and copper and other items, and exchange it for the exchange and collect it. It will make any profit.
It is worth noting that the price of silver coins is becoming more stable. From the beginning, one silver coin is equal to one silver coin.
However, in places where silver coins are lacking, such as Mizhou Maritime Warehouse, one is still equivalent to two taels of silver.
This is a good business to make a fortune, especially when there is a huge shortage of silver coins in the sea trade.
After all, silver, silver ingots, and silver tins are inconvenient. The quality, craftsmanship, and weight vary from place to place, and they cannot be used in the Ming Dynasty, but silver coins have no such concerns at all.
This is a long way to make a living.
Li Binyan breathed a sigh of relief. His Majesty is still the same. He will not hesitate to be even more embarrassed.
The emperor is noble and condescending to surrender and earning some money-smelling things. It seems to be inappropriate and somewhat detrimental to the emperor's dignity.
But wouldn’t the emperor without money be even more dignified?
Just like Zhu Youjian, who had to raise funds to fight, his wife's money was half blacked by his father-in-law.
Which one does war, construction, and relief need money?
Moreover, this kind of business is not much better than that of Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou, who was originally a manure bully in Lin'an City?
It’s not too shabby to make money.
The court cannot be without money, and the emperor cannot be without money. His Majesty has made it clear that wealth is also power.
Both of the things that Li Binyan was anxious about were properly resolved by His Majesty. As for how the quarrel between the treasury and the national treasury, it was not a question that Li Binyan was concerned about.
"I'm leaving." Li Binyan left Juxian Pavilion and headed towards the official residence. He had been there for two years. He had never seen his family before during the Chinese New Year last year.
Zhu Qiyu looked at Li Binyan's back and smiled and said to Xing'an: "Although Li Binyan is a little more straightforward, she is also a useful person."
Xing'an hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, last night, a wall in Renshoufang fell off. By chance, it fell off into the appearance of Emperor Zhenwu. It was lifelike and vivid. Many people were surprised and went to see it. Some people burned incense, candles and other things."
Zhu Qiyu was stunned and asked, "Xing'an, do you believe it? It can be taken off to look vivid."
Naturally, he became the Zhenwu Emperor, and he was still vivid. Is he fooling people or gods?
Xing'an shook his head and said, "I don't say anything about strange powers and gods. I don't believe it at all, but the people cannot tell."
The way of responding to heaven and man is almost the only way for court officials to deal with the emperor. Today is auspicious, tomorrow is a strange phenomenon. Your Majesty cannot do this, and God is alert!
To engage in the induction of heaven and man is to set limits for yourself.
Zhu Qiyu is not so stupid and at the mercy of others.
Zhu Qiyu took a deep breath and said, "Today, let the Ministry of Works re-paint the wall. If there is such a thing, shovel all the walls of the capital to save them from falling off again."
"Let the five cities soldiers and horses inspect everywhere and see who is testing this kind of thing."
"All of thousands of years old foxes, playing with me with these colorful intestines."
Zhu Qiyu was carefully preparing for the content of the new salt and iron meeting. At that time, Hu Yi said that it was very necessary to have a salt and iron meeting once a month.
A cold wind blew, and the originally gloomy sky began to rain. The entire capital was shrouded in misty rain. The people who went out held up oil paper umbrellas and immediately decorated the streets and alleys of the capital.
Spring rain brings moist air to this dry spring, and makes people's restlessness disappear in their hearts.
The raindrops fell on the willow leaves, but did not slide down, and they were crystal clear. With the spring breeze, the willow leaves swung, and the leaves that had not yet slipped disintegrated and fell on the slowly flowing Jinshui River.
The rain on the sky street is as moist as soft as a crisp, and the grass looks close but nothing is seen.
The most beautiful spring is the best for the emperor's capital.
Spring is here.
At this time, it was also raining in Helin, and the first cooperation between Wang Fu and Sainbuhua officially began.
Wang Fu wants to save Ye Bus, and Sainbuhua wants to sell spies, just right.
This is a technical job, and you have to change the day under Yesen's nose.
The Qu family has more than 200 people, all of whom are sold, but due to the speed of shipment, they can only sell a little at a time.
Wang Fu planned to let the spy who had been sold to the Ming Dynasty change the day and replace the spy who had been sold to the Ming Dynasty with no retention. In this way, if he did not accept the night, he would be rescued back to the Ming Dynasty.
But Wang Fu said in a little trouble: "Everything else is easy to say. But I have to think of a way to find out where Ye Buyan was locked up."
Wang Fu sighed that he had been with Lin for some time, but he never saw Ye Bucheng who was arrested.
Sainbuhua scratched his head and said, "I know where to be locked. Xiaohai, who is in the Buliyati tribe, is called Beihai in the Ming Dynasty."
Sainbuhua didn't intend to keep it in hiding, so he directly told the place where he was detained at night.
To be continued...