Chapter 120: The Faint King
"It's called Nanyang Company!"
His Majesty the Emperor, who had obtained the new mount, immediately gave him what Zheng Zhilong wanted most. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"The company will be authorized by me to monopolize all maritime trade with the South Seas and the Western Ocean, and may form a fleet of sailors on its own, and may decide whether to wage war against the states in the authorized area, and may establish trading posts in all ports as the subject states deem suitable, and even have the power to arrest pirates in the authorized sea area."
Then he added.
"Your Majesty, what if there is a conflict with the red-haired people?"
Zheng Zhilong asked.
This company is his dream, although he is the first maritime merchant in the Ming Dynasty, the formation of the Nanyang Company, seems to have taken away the control of the shipping that belongs to him, but, his previous control is private salt, he relied on those thugs under his hands, relying on those officials and bigwigs as an ATM, relying on the court to reach the emperor far away, in short, this kind of unsafe advantage obtained, in fact, as long as the court has an official document, or which bigwig wants to engage him, he can force him to be appointed by the court, the lord of the glory of the ancestors, Suddenly return to the sea as a pirate.
It's really simple.
You don't need to be too high-level, you can play him to death with a single book.
But Nanyang Company turned private salt into official salt.
It's even the imperial salt that even Shousuke doesn't dare to move.
It's a fair exchange.
He paid for the Zheng family's fleet, but in exchange for the political status of resting with the country, in exchange for the Zheng family's prince Wandai, compared to this, the effort is not worth mentioning.
What's more, he also gained a strong backing against the Dutch, his main enemy has actually always been the Dutch, although his main collaborator is also the Dutch, but with the continuous expansion of the Dutch East India Company, the contradictions between the two sides are becoming more and more serious, the previous naval battle of Jinxia is the first real duel between the two sides, and finally relying on the advantage brought by the official status he won, forcing the Dutch to bow to him.
But more than a decade has passed since that victory.
It's long past the expiration date.
In particular, the development of the chicken coop sulfur mine and gold mine has long made the Dutch salivate, that is to say, the Dutch will still turn against him after all, after knowing the true strength of the Dutch from the emperor, he has already felt the huge pressure, in this case he can't wait to need a stronger collaborator to help him fight against the Dutch, and now Yang Feng has given him the whole Ming to back up.
Of course, he couldn't ask for it.
"Nan Amber, I have made it very clear that the Nanyang Company has the right to decide on its own to wage war against Fanbang, as long as you feel it is necessary, then fight it well, and the Nanyang Company is protected by me, if anyone bullies the head of the Nanyang Company, then he must be prepared to bear my wrath."
Yang Feng said.
I see.
Zheng Zhilong completely understood.
Nanyang Company can do whatever it wants in the authorized sea area, as long as it can make money, it is estimated that it will be a pirate robbery, and the emperor will not care, and even learn from the Dutch to break through a small country and loot people's treasury, and arrest people's men, women and children as slaves, which is also within the scope of authorization. And the company's own fleet is responsible for providing force support, but when it encounters a problem that the company's fleet can't deal with, then the sailors of the Ming Empire should be dispatched, which is okay, no matter how strong the Dutch are, it will come from thousands of miles away after all, and it is indeed no problem to bully those small countries, but it is still an exaggeration to confront a behemoth like the Ming Dynasty.
"One more thing."
Yang Feng said.
"Nan'anhou, next you have to find a way to buy a large number of horses from Tianfang, or Persia, and Tianzhu, and they must be Zhong horses."
He went on to say.
He really can't continue to endure those Mongolian horses, the military horses of the Ming Dynasty must begin to be Arabized, otherwise how can he continue to expand the territory, the Ming Dynasty is not only surrounded by a Jiannu, the Mongolian tribes are not only only one southern Mongolia, but also the northern and western parts of the desert, especially the Junggar department has begun to rise, and then to the north of the Russian colonization footsteps have also stepped into the North Sea, Poyakov's expedition has already attacked the Heilongjiang River Valley.
Yang Feng didn't want the Ming cavalry to ride Mongolian horses to meet the Cossacks.
"Your Majesty, the mortality rate of seaborne horses is extremely high."
Zheng Zhilong reminded him.
"It doesn't matter, as long as you can transport the Zhong horse, the Tianfang horse is too far, the Tianzhu horse can, give the Tianzhu governors and princes in Bengal a high price, for example, give them some mirrors, clocks, gems and other exchanges, as long as they do this kind of business, then don't care about the cost."
Yang Feng said.
Mawari horses are still okay, the small curly ears are cute, but there is really nothing to say with combat horses, the shoulder height is more than the Arabian horse, first come a batch of Mawari horses to improve the breed of local horses, and then the maritime industry has developed, and then continue to get Arabian horses and even European horses here, and finally breed their own military horse breeds, in short, as long as you don't continue to ride those Mongolian horses like large donkeys, the latter is indeed resistant to extensive breeding, but riding this thing, the Ming Dynasty can't get Napoleon's cuirassiers!
In the future, he will lead the Ming cuirassiers to run rampant all over the world.
It's a matter of one's own dignity.
Since he didn't care about the cost, Zheng Zhilong didn't say more.
All that's left is equity distribution.
Yang Feng himself occupies half of it, and the remaining half Zheng Zhilong must have the lion's share, but those senior officials and generals of the Ming Army must also have a share in everyone, such as Li Yutian, Wu Sangui, Zheng Zhilong also understands this, the benefits cannot be swallowed alone, in fact, the treasures of the emperor before he acted as the emperor have already caused criticism, and this year Zheng Chenggong has not given gifts to these bigwigs to appease, since this is the case, everyone has a share, and no one is jealous of anyone.
In the end, everyone was happy.
Similarly, the first batch of criminal capitalists in the real sense of the Ming Dynasty also stepped onto the stage of history.
As for the formation of the Nanyang Company......
This is very simple, just reorganize the Zheng family's fleet, and then you can exercise monopoly power in a grand manner and control the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty, as for the other people who were originally engaged in this, it will be incorporated according to the different circumstances, and it can be regarded as their shareholding, and a part of the equity will be set aside for them to prepare, and those who dare to operate Southeast Asian routes without going through Nanyang Company in the future will all be pirates caught and put in prison. But it has always been the guarantee of a better life for the gentry in Jiangnan.
It's just that the court is unlucky.
Yang Feng is in this way, all the profits of maritime trade into his own hands, since the gentry in Jiangnan were unwilling to pay reasonable taxes on overseas trade in the past, then simply don't do it in the future, the emperor himself to do this.
As for the Jiangnan gentry, they don't do it......
Li Zicheng's army is dividing into two roads to the east of Taihu Lake, and the Ming army in Huzhou to start a bloody battle, the northern line of Wujin Jiangyin is also in a fierce battle, Zuo Liangyu's army captured Nanchang, is advancing Guangxin, the goal is definitely out of Jinhua to copy Hangzhou, it can be said that the southeast half of the wall has been stormy, at this time those gentry are qualified to discuss with the emperor what shipping issues, and then discuss the emperor only needs to play in Beijing for a year, they have to be Li Zicheng out of the brain.
It is said that at this time, the life of the Jiangnan gentry was also quite difficult.
Li Zicheng wants their silver, the emperor wants their land, the only one who has the potential of the Holy Lord Mingjun and they are not in the line, and the emperor beat them to the point of playing a backwater, it can be said that looking around, I can't find one who can comfort them, although the emperor has recently gone farther and farther on the road of the faint monarch, but everyone still has a little incense, and the emperor only needs the land, not to be like Li Zicheng on the stick, so now the Jiangnan gentry are cowering in a corner of eastern Zhejiang, while struggling to resist Li Zicheng's attack, While staring at the outcome of the decisive battle in the north.
As for who they want to win, it's really hard to say.
To say that they really want the emperor to win......
This is indeed a bit of a disappointment.
"Jiangnan affairs, Nan Anhou will worry more about it, in short, we must let the people of Jiangnan understand my holy dynasty system of acres of land, the reason why this rebellion has become a climate, the key is that he has won the hearts of the people, our court wants to completely eradicate the Liukou, the key is to attack the heart, my holy dynasty system of acres is to let the people understand, I and the court are not ignoring the suffering of the people, but in the past, the foreign slaves were troubled, and the court had to pay more taxes when using money, but now that the construction of slaves is about to be settled, of course I will not let the people endure hunger and cold, What I owe them before, I will compensate them this time.
Also, let the gentry not have any resentment, I am also for their good, if you can't win the hearts of the people, the people will be the enemy of the country, then Jiangnan will never be able to hold it, and at that time, the loss will be more than just a little land. ”
Yang Feng said to Zheng Zhilong earnestly.
Zheng Zhilong understood in seconds.
This means that if the gentry in Jiangnan oppose the system of acres of land in the Holy Dynasty, then the emperor will definitely close the door and let Li Zicheng go, at that time, it will not be a loss of land, at that time it will be caught out of their brains, anyway, they were caught to death by Li Zicheng, and in the end the land still fell into the hands of the emperor.
In short, let's do it yourself!
"The minister must tell the gentry of Jiangnan the holy will."
Zheng Zhilong said.
Yang Feng nodded with satisfaction.
As for the choice of the Jiangnan gentry, he has no interest in this, anyway, as long as those guys dare to oppose the system of the Holy Dynasty Tianmu, then he will not mind lying comfortably in the palace after taking Beijing and enjoying the real imperial life.
Then let Li Zicheng give him blood to wash Jiangnan.