After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it changed from a small country outside the customs to a large state covering thousands of miles, and its internal organizational structure expanded rapidly, and the burden also increased.

Central officials and local officials had to pay money, hundreds of thousands of green battalion soldiers had to be paid, and more than 100,000 bannermen had to enjoy special privileges, all of which required the Manchu court to spend a large amount of silver.

It is easy to fight the world, but it is difficult to rule the world.

With the defeat of the Manchu front and the change of offensive and defensive situation in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the past method of maintaining the army by plundering was no longer feasible, and the Manchus urgently needed to establish stable financial revenue from normal channels.

The entire Manchu ruled area, the north was poor and the south was rich, and the Manchu Qing was smooth sailing before, so they didn't care much about restoring the economy.

Now that they have encountered difficulties, they can only hold on to their feet temporarily, but if the Manchu Qing want to restore the production that was seriously damaged in the north, they rely on the blood transfusion from the south of the Yangtze River, so if the policy of cutting off the Yangtze River is implemented for a long time, the result will be that the Ming will become stronger and the Qing will become weaker and weaker.

At this time, as Hong Chengchou purchased 100 heavy artillery pieces and rebuilt an effective defense in the waters of the Yangtze River in the Zhenjiang and Yangzhou sections, the strategy of cutting off the Yangtze River basically failed.

The impact of this was that the Manchu Qing Dynasty had unimpeded supply between the north and the south, and the Qing court could mobilize grain and grass to calmly quell the rebellions in Lianghuai and Shandong, and restore production in the north.

The land of Jiangnan, after all, is the land of the world, seven or eight out of ten of the Ming Dynasty's finances came from Jiangnan, if the Manchu Qing can manage well, there is absolutely no benefit to the Longwu court.

Wang Yan was originally going to drag on for a while, but now Hong Chengchou, a traitor, actually got involved with the Dutch and broke through the blockade, which not only destroyed his strategy, but also deprived him of a major source of income.

Originally, the Ming army set up cards on the river and collected heavy taxes to obtain 1.4 million taels of silver, and after the three families were divided, Wang Yan also had 600,000 taels in the account, which could solve the cost of expanding the army in Huguang, but now this income has been cut off.

Wang Yan asked the guards to bring the Nanyang chart and hang it in the lobby, and he and many staff members surrounded him.

"Since Heyi's hand is stretched out so long and affects the plans of this domain, this domain cannot allow this Yi to run rampant in the South China Sea. Look at this chart and think where to start to eradicate it! Wang Yan stood in front of the chart with his hands in his hands, and he had already made up his mind. This is not just because of Hong Chengchou's purchase of artillery, but because he has more contact with Xiyi, and knows the advantages of Xiyi in manufacturing firearms and warships, if the Manchu Qing get these from Xiyi, it will be very unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty, so he must drive Heyi away.

Several staff members were also angry in their hearts, originally Da Ming was almost beaten down by Jianyi, which was already annoying, and now Hongmaoyi actually dared to meddle in Chinese affairs, China's majesty is really gone, which is a great harm to the self-esteem and national pride of the scholars.

Everyone stood in front of the chart and looked at it, but they were a little dazed, if they wanted to retaliate on this land, they could just send troops to destroy it, but how to fight at sea made people a little embarrassed.

At this time, Wang Fuzhi looked at it and said first: "Since Your Highness has made up your mind, you may be able to take advantage of this attack on Heyi to strengthen the influence of the Nanyang States." ”

When Wang Fuzhi was in the city, he had more contact with Nanyang, so he was more familiar with the situation in Nanyang than Chen Bangyan, Gu Yanwu and others, so as not to be confused.

Wang Yan had met with many maritime merchants before, and the merchants said that the influence of the Ming Dynasty in the South Seas had weakened, making their trade more difficult, Wang Yan listened to Wang Fuzhi's words, and couldn't help but turn his head, "Oh? I don't know how to affect the Nanyang states? ”

Wang Fuzhi walked to the nautical chart, pointed and said: "Your Highness, the sea is vast, even if it is a thousand warships, it is impossible to control the entire sea area, and if you want to drive the lotus out of the South Sea, the only way to do it is to combine the forces of all parties." The first is to contact the Franc machine, the Xiyi on Luzon Island, these two are the old enemies of the Dutch, and the second is that His Royal Highness can use the name of the imperial court to send an edict to the states, so that the vassals are not allowed to trade with He Yi, and if they do not respect the order, they will be removed from the list of vassals, and no tribute is allowed, and the subject countries can share their land. In this way, the Nanyang states can be united, and the Heyi can be attacked together, so that the Nanyang war will break out, and the Heyi will have no place to stay. ”

The Dutch pay attention to commercial trade, if it is really as the Wang Fu said, the Nanyang states are united, then the Dutch trade in the Nanyang will definitely be finished, but with the influence of the Ming Dynasty today, can they command the Nanyang states?

Wang Yan looked at the chart, although the sea is vast, but the ships sailing on the sea, they need to dock for supplies, so there are actually only a few routes, as long as you control some important vassals, you can achieve the goal.

Wang Yan pondered: "Brother, what if these vassals don't respect the order? ”

Wang Fuzhi said in a deep voice: "If His Royal Highness gives an order, he can quickly judge the influence of our dynasty, divide the forces, and determine the area that our dynasty can control. ”

Wang Yan narrowed his eyes when he heard this, as if he saw the sea above, everywhere beacon fires, Heyi became a street rat, the Ming Dynasty responded to the call in the South Seas, and the little brother was like a cloud. However, he knew that the Ming Dynasty's management of the vassal states, except for Korea in the north, Ryukyu in the east, and Annan in the south, the Chinese characters and Hanfa, called Little China, and many other vassals were basically negligent in management. Because the Celestial Empire didn't want anything from its subjects, there was no need to care about these wild lands.

But at this time, Wang Fuzhi showed a strong intention to interfere in Nanyang, which is not in line with the identity of traditional scholars, but in fact, if you think about it carefully, it is not surprising that behind any behavior, there is a trend of interests, or for fame, or for profit, or for the sake of justice.

With the expansion of the power of Guangnan merchants on the sea, the Wang family's business name also took advantage of the east wind, and if the trade wants to become bigger, in addition to the maritime merchants entering the South Seas, there will inevitably be a need for the imperial court forces to enter the South Seas.

Without the protection of the imperial court, the maritime merchants who went out could only be like the 20,000 Han people on Luzon Island, reduced to lambs to the slaughter, and the maritime merchants urgently needed the imperial court to intervene in the South Seas and fight for a better environment for them, so as to confront Xiyi, and the willingness of other families was manifested in the gentry they supported, and the Donglin Party did not let the imperial court collect taxes in the same way.

Wang Yan was also very shocked when he saw several sea charts drawn by the Francophiles in Macao, because some of the original vassals, such as Luzon and Java, had been destroyed, and the Ming Dynasty was completely ignorant, and later they had to destroy the Xiyi in Luzon, which was really ridiculous.

Wang Fuzhi's suggestion, Wang Yan very agreed, the future relationship with the Nanyang countries, must not be such a simple interaction as tribute and reward, with the development of Haimao, a whole set of management systems for the vassal state must also be explored.

At that moment, Wang Yan pondered, "Brother's strategy, I think it is feasible, but how to do it?" ”

Wang Fuzhi listened to Wang Yan's words, but shook his head with a smile and said: "There is a specialization in the art industry, how to implement this, how to fight with Heyi at sea, Your Highness should still discuss with the sailor and the maritime merchants who understand the situation in the South Seas." The lower official only mentions one more point here, that is, the imperial court does not attach importance to the vassal state, and His Royal Highness may be able to take over the right to negotiate with the vassal state. ”

Wang Yan nodded when he heard this, they are indeed not proficient in naval warfare, and they only know a little about the situation in Nanyang, so they can only formulate the general direction, and the specific details must be handed over to the people below, otherwise it will be a matter of paper.

As for the management of the feudal state, although it seems relatively simple, but in fact it is a big problem, after all, the traditional power is strong, if Wang Yan said that he was going to Nanyang to fight the vassals who disobeyed the order, the civil servants in the court are estimated to be fried immediately, the state of benevolence and righteousness, how can you send unrighteous soldiers, this kind of thinking is still very marketable.

Moreover, Wang Yan, as a vassal king, wants to manage other vassals, so where is the imperial court?

Thinking of this, Wang Yan's brows couldn't help but wrinkle.

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