There have been many things that have happened in Fujian in the past year or so, whether it is the establishment of the Fujian Navy Division or the pirate forces led by Zheng Zhilong have been hit hard and forced to retreat from the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and even the recent introduction of potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and other high-yield crops, are all major events worthy of special mention, but these things are not so conspicuous compared to another thing, and this matter is the ban on opening the sea.

As a country that has long implemented the policy of banning the sea, it is naturally conceivable that the sensation caused by the people after the sudden opening of the ban on the sea is conceivable, although the ban on the sea is a fart for those wealthy families and powerful gentry, but for ordinary people and small businessmen, it is no less than a tight spell on the head of Sun Wukong.

When the imperial court first announced the lifting of the ban on the sea, many people and small businessmen were still very confused, they didn't know which bigwig's whim issued the decree or really determined to lift the ban on the sea, so most people's first reaction was to stay calm and observe first.

But after all, there are still brave people in this world who dare to be the first to eat crabs, under the pressure of survival, someone began to collect some specialties in the Ming Dynasty on a small scale, and went to Nanyang, Fusang, Luzon and other places to sell, after a period of time, these fishermen, small businessmen and others came back, and their harvest was less than a few times the profit, more than ten times.

The huge profits greatly stimulated the people in Fujian, and for a time countless fishermen, unemployed and businessmen rushed to tell each other, and later Marx said that for the sake of 100% profits, people dared to trample on all human laws; With a profit of 300 percent, someone dares to commit any crime, even risking hanging his head.

Stimulated by money, the whole Fujian began to be restless for a while, and the greetings of many people have changed from whether you have eaten to whether you have gone to sea, and at the same time, many stories of getting rich overnight have also spread rapidly in Fujian.

"Restless...... The people began to be restless......"

Xia Dayan said to Yang Feng worriedly.

"Lord Hou, these days, Xiaguan has received a lot of official documents from all over the world, and there are rumors everywhere in Fujian that you can make a fortune or get rich overnight if you go to sea, and many people are talking about how to go to sea to do business all day long, and even a lot of shipyards have been built in many places, and many officials are extremely worried about this!"

"Worried about what?" Yang Feng smiled and asked, "Worried that it is dangerous for people to go to sea?" ”

"Not really." Xia Dayan shook his head, while Yang Feng saw a hint of disdain in his eyes.

Xia said with a straight face: "Hou Ye, in the past, Hou Ye said that after the opening of the sea ban, the imperial court set up a customs, which can increase taxes, which the lower officials naturally believe, in fact, these days, judging from the official documents reported by the customs around the country, the customs revenue has indeed increased significantly, but last month, the customs received as much as 300,000 taels of tax silver, and now the lower officials are worried about other things. ”

"What else?"

"Xia Guan is worried that in the long run, the people will only talk about profit and not righteousness, how can it go on like this? And if everyone goes to sea to do business, who farms, who weaves, who raises silkworms, what the people eat and wear, what if it causes chaos? ”

Looking at Xia Dayan with a melancholy face, Yang Feng sneered: "Causing trouble? I'm afraid that's not the case, is someone putting pressure on you? ”

Xia Dayan smiled bitterly: "Master Hou's eyes are like torches, and he really can't hide it from you." To tell the truth, these days, there have been many gentry who have found Xiaguan, hoping that Xiaguan will curb the momentum of going to sea, and these people are all old people in the vicinity, even Xiaguan can't refute their face, so they have to be cheeky to ask Hou Ye for help. ”

"Help?" Yang Feng glanced at him curiously: "Lord Xia, are you the parent official of Fujian, is it okay, this kind of thing is up to you to make your own decisions, why do you want to find Benhou?" ”

Xia Dayan: "............"

In the face of Yang Feng's one-push, two-six-five, Xia Dayan was speechless, but he couldn't say anything yet, after all, as the governor of Fujian, this kind of civil affairs was originally his scope of responsibility, and now he wants to push this trouble to Yang Feng, and people should ignore him.

"Master Hou, the lower officials are really a little unbearable." Xia Dayan had no choice but to arch his hand at Yang Feng and said in a tone of asking for help: "Let me tell you the truth, just yesterday, the six largest maritime merchants in Fujian found Xiaguan, hoping that Xiaguan would collect the strength of opening the sea ban, and after being politely rejected by Xiaguan, they found the political envoy Ding and the envoy Tu respectively, and threatened that if they did not agree to their conditions, they would join forces with the merchants to boycott the market. ”

"Strike?"

When Yang Feng heard this, his brows immediately furrowed.

The so-called strike is actually what is often referred to as a strike in later generations, and to put it bluntly, all businesses in a certain place cease to operate, whether it is rice shops, salt shops, cloth shops, or even shops selling various daily necessities, which has a very big impact on the local area.

In the Ming Dynasty, especially in the late Ming Dynasty, the merchants and gentry of the Ming Dynasty became increasingly powerful, in order to put pressure on the court to meet their own conditions, the gentry and merchants often joined the merchants to strike the market, once the strike will naturally cause the court to shake, which is very unwilling to see the officials who are bent on seeking stability, so under normal circumstances, the officials will pinch their noses and endure it, and meet the conditions of the merchants, and this further fuels the arrogance of the merchants, This is from the fact that they dared to threaten the governor of a province with a strike, and I know how arrogant they have been now.

Hearing Xia Dayan's words, Yang Feng's brows also furrowed, and he still asked with some disbelief: "Do these maritime merchants really have such great ability?" ”

"Absolutely!" Xia said solemnly: "These maritime merchants have been rooted in Fujian for hundreds of years, and they are all deeply rooted, and the local businessmen are inextricably linked with them. The lower officials are worried that if the strike causes turmoil, it will be the people who will suffer! ”

"Huh...... I didn't expect Lord Xia to be so heartfelt about the people, it's rare...... It's rare......"

Yang Feng smiled, but the tone of his voice did not show any admiration, of course he understood that Xia Dayan was most concerned about the black gauze hat on his head, as for the comfort of the people or something, it was just incidental, and when it was useful, he took it out and shouted a few slogans to show that he was a good official.

Although Yang Feng didn't care about Xia Dayan's black gauze hat, he didn't want to see chaos in Fujian, he thought about it before saying to Xia Dayan: "Lord Xia, let's do it, you make an appointment with those maritime merchants for Ben Hou, Ben Hou wants to see what they want to do." ”