The Spring Festival of the third year of Ruiyuan, the capital is particularly lively, the temple fair is crowded with people, all kinds of juggling and snacks are lined up one after another, nearly 20 years have passed, this Spring Festival, the people of the capital are celebrating with peace of mind.

The Forbidden City is not so easy, there are many things to consider and plan, even Zheng Xunrui feels a little tired, the imperial examination matters, business matters, the conquest of the Qing Dynasty, the unification of the grassland, and more importantly, the problem of making the Ming Dynasty strong and rich, etc.

All parts of the Ming Dynasty have restored calm, and the damage caused by the Liukou and the Eight Banners Army is slowly fading, although natural disasters still exist to a certain extent, but with the vigorous care of officials at all levels, disasters are not a big problem.

After the calm development, the speed is very fast, but this rapid development, does not mean that the Ming Dynasty will always be so rapid development in the future, after the catastrophe, the speed of local recovery is completely felt, as long as the people are stable, they will do things diligently, looking forward to living a good life.

The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the DPRK is sincerely happy about the development of various places, but Zheng Xunrui is very calm, he knows that today's development is just a superficial situation, the reason why the people can stabilize is mainly God's care, Ruiyuan did not suffer too many natural disasters in the second year, the grain was basically harvested, the people had food to eat, and their hearts were settled.

The Ming Dynasty really wanted to develop, or to develop commerce and trade, relying on agriculture to support, it is impossible to have a rapid development, but commerce and trade need to rely on industry. Nowadays, trade is concentrated in daily necessities such as grain, tea, silk, and porcelain, and they are all sporadic. Large-scale workshops have begun to appear in some places in the south, mainly producing tea, porcelain, silk and other commodities, but the government at all levels still lacks a correct understanding of these large-scale workshops, and some officials even think that large-scale workshops should not be encouraged and promoted, because there are too many people doing things in the workshops, and they are all young and strong. It may affect agricultural production, and even the owners of some large workshops are very worried. I am afraid that because there are too many people in the workshop, it will affect the spring ploughing and autumn harvest every year.

Zheng Xunrui strongly encouraged and supported large-scale workshops, and even issued a holy decree during the Spring Festival, requiring governments at all levels to vigorously support all kinds of large and small workshops. The branches of the Royal Bank need to be actually supported.

Think from a tax point of view. Overseas trade has become half of the Ming Dynasty, which all the ministers of the cabinet have felt, according to Zheng Xunrui's requirements, every month the household will play the tax expenditure, which is mainly the tax of overseas trade and commerce, the time of agricultural tax is fixed, April and October every year, and the rest of the time is not.

The expenses of the imperial court were also enormous. The officials' salaries and Zheng Jiajun's military salaries, the share of this expenditure. It's not something that can be imagined during the Chongzhen period at all.

The role of the Royal Bank has also been fully revealed, the Ming Treasure Banknote has been renamed as paper money, but the following people are still accustomed to calling it the treasure banknote, the Royal Bank has completely mastered the power to issue banknotes, more experts into the Royal Bank, constantly measuring the number of paper and pencils that should be issued.

Zheng Xunrui asked Daming's banknotes to be not only popular on land, but also overseas, which allowed Wen Manshan and others to strengthen the connection with the Zheng Jiajun stationed overseas, and the so-called Zheng Jiajun stationed overseas is mainly the Zheng Jiajun in Taiwan and Batavia, and the leader of these sergeants is Hong Xingui, the deputy general of the Zheng Jiajun.

After Hong Xingui led the Zheng Jiajun sailors to exterminate the East India Company, he was ordered to be stationed in Batavia, on the one hand, to train the sailors of the Zheng Jiajun, and on the other hand, to completely control the maritime trade in Southeast Asia, and after controlling Batavia and many nearby islands, he also completely controlled the sea trade channels.

Zheng Xunrui gave Hong Xingui sufficient power, and Hong Xingui could keep 20% of the taxes on overseas trade sent from Batavia to the imperial court, mainly for the expenses of the Batavian sailors, including the expansion of the sailors.

More than a year has passed, the sailor led by Hong Xingui has recruited a lot of personnel from Southeast Asia and overseas, and even some mercenaries have entered the sailor, some of these sergeants stayed in Batavia, and more came to Penglai, the headquarters of the Daming Sailor, to receive training in military discipline and military regulations.

The sailors stationed in Batavia are often tuned, and the staff general Ding Baokun has led the sailors to Batavia several times, and the overseas garrison time is generally about half a year, after which these sailors can return to Daming to reunite with their families.

Zheng Xunrui held the secret fold written by Hong Xingui from Batavia in his hand, and looked at it very carefully.

Xu Wanghua, the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhou Yanru, the second assistant of the cabinet, Xiong Wencan, the minister of the cabinet and the secretary of the Ministry of War, Zheng Zhilong of Langzhong of the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Households, and Lang Cohen and Henry, all of whom were waiting silently.

After reading the secret fold, Zheng Xunrui handed the secret fold to Xu Wanghua.

"Xu Aiqing, read the secret to everyone."

The content of Hong Xingui's secret fold is finally known, the original collapse of the East India Company, directly affected the interests of Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands and other countries, in the past, the foreign trade of these places, especially for Southeast Asia, Japan and the Ming Dynasty, basically relied on the East India Company, now to obey the rules of the Ming Dynasty, as a maritime power, Spain and Portugal and other countries are unbearable, they have always been the formulators of maritime trade rules, and now they have to do things in accordance with the rules set by the Ming court, Surely they were not convinced, so they united to form the so-called Invincible Armada, ready to take control of maritime trade again.

Interestingly, the reason why Spain and other countries sent troops was to restore the East India Company.

After listening to the content of the recital, Cohen and Henry's faces changed unpredictably.

Everyone's eyes turned to Cohen and Henry.

The first to speak was Ken, former president of the East India Company and now a member of the household department.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, I think that General Hong, who is stationed in Batavia, will be able to handle this matter properly, and His Majesty the Emperor will be able to completely resolve the crisis as long as he authorizes General Hong."

Zheng Xunrui looked at Cohen and spoke.

"Cohen, just say whatever you want to say, I want to know how to let Hong Xingui deal with this matter, it is certain to fight the so-called Invincible Armada, what to do after defeating the so-called Invincible Armada, whether my Daming Naval Division has crossed the ocean and gone to Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands."

Cohen and Henry's bodies trembled slightly, of course they knew what the emperor meant, and they also knew that the Ming Dynasty had such strength, and they would definitely be able to sweep through Spain and other places, but they didn't want to see such a situation appear.

Zheng Xunrui smiled.

"Cohen, Henry, I know what you think, I'm afraid you don't want to see the Great Ming Sailor sweeping overseas, after all, it is such a hometown, but one thing you must understand is that this world is the law of the jungle, your East India Company also adhered to this principle and came to Southeast Asia to do business, the East India Company even has its own armament, and can sign any agreement with other countries, it is because the East India Company has strength."

"I asked my Ming Navy Division to send troops overseas, it must be for business, but also to promote the culture of my Ming Dynasty, absorb overseas culture, in the past two years, a large number of overseas people have entered my Ming Dynasty, Guangzhou Mansion alone, from Arabia There are nearly 100,000 people, but the government at all levels does not know how to deal with these matters, and the Overseas Trade Department is only from the perspective of commerce and trade to consider all matters."

"It is certain that the Navy Division will send troops overseas, and in the future, my Daming Navy Division will be stationed farther away, but my so-called garrison overseas needs to have rules."

"Including overseas people going to Daming to do business, engaging in business and trade affairs, and they coming to Daming to participate in the imperial examination, etc., there need to be rules, this rule must be taken out by the imperial court, and the sailors, officials at all levels, and those overseas people can abide by it."

"Who will determine this rule, I have thought about it, led by the Cabinet Deputy Assistant Zhou, with the participation of the Overseas Trade Department, we must determine the rules within a month, whether it is overseas people who want to come to live and settle in my Daming, or businessmen who are ready to go out to do business overseas, or even my people who are going to live overseas, they must follow this rule."

"I particularly emphasize one point, that is, my Daming Sailor, go overseas to conquer, the main purpose is to open up trade channels, only those who do not abide by the rules of maritime trade, will encounter the blow of my Daming Sailor, and anyone who abides by the rules of my Daming maritime trade, my Daming Sailor also has to protect." ……

After Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, Cohen and Henry quickly understood the meaning.

Cohen got down on one knee and spoke quickly.

"His Majesty the Emperor's meaning, the minister understands, and the minister must do his best to participate in the formulation of the rules at the request of Lord Zhou."

Zheng Xunrui waved his hand and motioned for Cohen to stand up.

"Cohen, Henry, you are indeed experienced in this regard, and many of the rules of the East India Company can also be considered, but there is one thing you remember, you are now officials of the Ming Dynasty, and the rules formulated must be considered for the interests of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, you are already my Ming people, including those who enter my Ming Dynasty and want to live here for the rest of their lives, are all my Ming people, there is a good saying, the sea is inclusive, there is tolerance, I hope you have formulated the rules, I can attract more people from overseas to come to my Daming. ”

Zheng Xunrui said this, Xu Wanghua, Zhou Yanru, Xiong Wencan, Zheng Zhilong and others also understood the meaning. (To be continued.) )