"Your Highness, you see that Your Majesty is so frugal and you are so filial, how can you go against Your Majesty's wishes...... Therefore, the minister thinks that it is good to be simple and grand, really, there is no need to be extravagant and wasteful! Liu Chun didn't want to be the wrongdoer, and in the face of Zhu Biao, he was a little bolder.

"No!"

Zhu Biao was very stubborn this time, he shook his head and said: "Liu Chun, you don't have to squeeze me with words, the money that should be spent must be spent...... This is not the complete collapse of the Northern Yuan, and the border pressure of the imperial court has plummeted...... The meaning of the father is to take the opportunity to declare the power of heaven to the vassal state, to announce to the world, to list the countries that will not be levied, and to enjoy peace forever...... It doesn't matter if your own people close their doors for their birthdays. There are so many foreign guests, so naturally we must take care of decency and not lose our prestige. Zhu Biaoyi said sternly.

When Liu Chun heard about the country that was not conquered, he remembered the country of Wa...... I don't know what Lao Zhu's brain is pumping, how can he list the country of the Japanese as a country that is not to be levied!

"Your Highness...... If you really want to show your majesty and deter your subjects, it is not enough to have pomp and circumstance, you must also show your strength...... In addition, the minister felt that just giving grace and listing the countries that would not be conquered was not enough to impress the vassals, and it was necessary to have greater sincerity. Liu Chun said it carefully, as if he was really thinking about the vassal country.

"Oh? Do you have any other good ideas? Zhu Biao said curiously.

"I think I should make a trade alliance!"

"Trade...... Alliance? Zhu Biao groaned: "You want to do business with these vassals? ”

"Your Highness is wise."

When Zhu Biao heard this, he subconsciously shook his head, and with a calm face, he coughed lightly: "That Liu Chun...... I remind you, don't always go against your father when you have nothing to do...... I say good things for you every day, it's not easy, don't mess with me. ”

Zhu Biao felt aggrieved...... Since the death of his mother, he has tried his best to follow Lao Zhu in everything and not make his father angry...... But since Liu Chun came out, his father blew his beard and glared at him every day, and in order to save Liu Chun, he didn't know how much he was scolded.

But this kid has a lot of ghost ideas, and he always has the idea of causing trouble, so you kid can't stop it!

Let me be scolded less?

Looking at Zhu Biao's constipated expression, Liu Chun woke up suddenly, it seems that there is still a sea ban! Xu Miaojin mentioned it at the beginning, why did he forget it again, could it be that it has been too smooth recently, and he is a little carried away?

Sea ban!

At the mention of this, Liu Chunyou was depressed...... Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang, why do you always make trouble for yourself?

The indiscriminate issuance of treasure money ruined the credit of paper money, making it difficult for him to open a bank...... If he wants to attack overseas vassal countries, he makes a country that is not conquered, and if he wants to go to sea to do business, he will ban the sea...... Zhu Chongba, you are the Wang Wu and Taihang who are blocking the way of the master's wealth!

Liu Chunlang was very curious, he felt the need to find out what Zhu Yuanzhang thought, whether he really planned to give up the ocean completely, and just concentrate on cultivating his own one-third of an acre, he always felt that Zhu Yuanzhang should not be so short-sighted!

Zhu Biao had the heart to ask Liu Chun to help manage his birthday, so he was naturally willing to answer his doubts...... From the beginning of the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order, dismissed the Taicang Huangdu City Ship Division, in the seventh year of Hongwu, and abolished Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong three city Ship Division, to the fourteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered to strictly prohibit the coastal people from privately communicating with overseas countries, in February of the seventeenth year of Hongwu, ordered Tang He to inspect the coastal cities of Zhejiang and Fujian, and forbade the people to enter the sea to fish...... Every few years, Lao Zhu has to issue a sea ban order, and it is getting stricter and stricter......

Lao Zhu not only strictly forbade entering the sea for trade, but also stipulated severe punishments. If the traitors and the military and civilians build illegal ships with more than three masts, they will take the prohibited goods to the sea, go to the country to buy and sell, sneak into the pirates, conspire to gather, and plunder the good people as a guide, and the principal offender will be beheaded according to the laws that have been practiced, and the head of the owl will be shown to the public, and the whole family will be sent to the border guards to fill the army. It built the sea ships mentioned above, sold them to those who made profits, and compared them with those who went to sea with forbidden weapons, so they leaked the law of military intelligence, beheaded those who were beheaded, and sent the army to the servants to the side.

"My father also has his helplessness."

Zhu Biao recounted the process of the sea ban, and then sighed: "At the beginning of the country, the remnants of Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen retreated to the sea, colluded with pirates, and caused disaster to the southeast...... At that time, the imperial court went all out to deal with the Northern Yuan, so it had to temporarily abolish the city and the city to prevent the people from colluding with the traitors, so that the tail could not be lost......"

After Zhu Biao's explanation, Liu Chun seemed to have an understanding...... Zhu Yuanzhang's initial sea ban was for national defense needs, which was a temporary measure and far from a national policy. In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, the Hu Weiyong case broke out, one of which was the crime of collaborating with the Japanese, Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that Hu Weiyong's remnants would flee overseas, so he strictly forbade the people from the sea to fornicate with foreign countries, and sent Tang He and others to inspect the sea frontier, which is also for this reason.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang's sea ban, in addition to dealing with some emergencies, has another important reason, that is, he has just experienced war and urgently needs to resume production.

Overseas trade, of course, is regarded as a waste of human resources and is strictly prohibited.

"Your Highness, the previous sea bans mainly said that people from the coastal sea were not allowed to go to the sea to fish and trade, but what about the imperial court? Are you not allowed to go to sea either? Liu Chun asked rhetorically.

Zhu Biao shook his head with a smile and asked rhetorically: "Even the imperial court is not allowed to go to sea, so how can you trade with the vassal kingdom?" ”

Liu Chun couldn't help but suddenly brighten, sure enough, this is the case!

The sea ban in the early Ming Dynasty did exist, but it was the people who banned the sea ban, not the official, and I don't know which genius equated the sea ban with the seclusion of the country!

Zhu Yuanzhang is not so stupid, and Zhu Di's seven trips to the West are also official trade, but the scale is countless times larger than his father, and there is no conflict in essence, and it is completely in the same vein.

It was only later that the civil officials and merchants felt more and more that the official trade was not enjoyable, and the palace made money, and they did not get much benefit...... Distorted the ancestral teachings, the so-called sea ban, has become a ban on official trade, as for the people, it is a green light, and it is getting bigger and bigger, otherwise where would so many rich businessmen in the southeast come from!

It can be seen from this how important it is to grasp public opinion and discourse, to be able to say that black is white, and white is black, right and wrong are reversed, and there is no distinction between shemales and shemales......

The so-called sea ban and the country that does not conquer are the embodiment of Lao Zhu's foreign strategy, and when you look at them together, you will see it at a glance.

At the beginning of the country, it was mainly to farm and restore national strength, so there was a sea ban...... Among the external threats, the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty are the main ones...... Lao Zhu said that all the four sides are limited to mountains and seas, and they are secluded in a corner, and they are not troubled by China, and it is also ominous for me to raise troops and attack lightly.

Lao Zhu's meaning is very clear, Siyi and Daming are separated by mountains and seas, and the other party can't threaten Daming, and Daming is not convenient to attack easily...... Of course, if someone dares to offend the great tomorrow and can't bear it, then there is no need to be polite.

Did Lao Zhu blindly tolerate it and be beaten passively?

Apparently not!

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Zhuyi, which was separated by mountains and seas, was Goryeo, the Wa Kingdom, Annam, and a large number of other countries that could not even be named...... These are insignificant, the focus of the Ming Dynasty, to defend against Hurong, because these grassland tribes are connected with the northwest land, starting from the Qin and Han dynasties, the wars of the past dynasties are continuous, and it is necessary to select elite soldiers and good generals, always on guard.

After listening to Zhu Biao's explanation...... Liu Chun was suddenly very discouraged, really!

Whether it is a sea ban or a country that is not conquered, Lao Zhu is not much different from the strategy followed by previous dynasties, and I don't know what historians who deliberately distort Zhu Yuanzhang's meaning and have to say that Emperor Hongwu is conservative and stubborn, or even quite unreasonable, what are their thoughts?

Since Lao Zhu is not a monolith, elm head, then there is room for negotiation.

"Your Highness...... Can the minister understand that private individuals are not allowed to trade overseas, and the imperial court can do this. ”

Zhu Biao nodded, "Yes." ”

"Does the Royal Bank count as the Imperial Court?"

"This ...... The Royal Bank is naturally the Father's! Zhu Biaoxin said, this kid is really going to intervene.

"Is it possible for the Royal Bank to come forward and do business with overseas vassals?"

Zhu Biao thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Liu Chun, you want to turn the bank into a city company...... I don't think my father may be able to agree. Trade with overseas is certainly profitable, but it has only been 20 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the people are still mainly engaged in farming...... If too many people do business, it will shake the country's foundation! After all, the southeast is different from Daning, there are more people here and less land, and if you have a variety of mulberry, you have to plant one less acre of grain. Mulberry can't be eaten as a meal. ”

"Hahaha!"

Liu Chun suddenly burst out laughing, "Your Highness is wise...... This is also the reason why the minister wants the Royal Bank to intervene......" Liu Chun leaned over and said happily: "Your Highness, silk, porcelain, these are the only good things in the Celestial Empire...... In the past, through the market, it was not sold at a good price. Suppose the Royal Bank is in charge of maritime trade. We take the boutique route, buy small quantities, and then sell them to vassal countries at a higher price...... The total profit has not changed, but the goods are less, and the manpower and land consumed are also less, which will not affect the grain fields. ”

What Liu Chun said is to unify the concept of exporting to the outside world, so as to avoid competition among one's own people, so that they cannot sell at a good price. Moreover, it monopolizes the supply of goods, and can increase the price exponentially...... For the people of our country, there is no problem in providing high-quality and low-cost goods, but as for foreign countries, I'm sorry, put aside whether the quality is beautiful or not, the price must not be cheap.

If you dare to disagree, then turn the "country that does not levy" into a "country that must be conquered"!

Zheng He was Yongle for three years, the first time to go to the West, considering the losses caused by the Battle of Jingyan, with the national strength of Hongwu in his later years, it was not difficult to organize a "Zheng He fleet", and even if it was discounted by five, three, or one, it was enough to sweep overseas countries.

Zhu Biao's eyes lit up, I have to say, Liu Chun, this kid, is really a ghost!

"Okay, follow me into the palace, even if I am scolded by my father, I will speak for you, and I implore my father to agree to your proposal!" Zhu Biao was like a warrior who sacrificed his life for righteousness, and went straight to Fengtian Temple to kill, Liu Chun followed behind, but his mouth was sidelined...... It's so righteous and awe-inspiring, it's strange to believe you!

If it weren't for the huge profits, you would have yelled to see your father?

Look, this time to trade overseas, the big boss will also enter the pockets of your two grandfathers, and I am also a soup drinker, bitter......

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