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In China, the maritime trade of the Song Dynasty was very successful, especially during the Southern Song Dynasty, and the annual maritime trade contributed tens of millions of yuan of fiscal and tax revenue to the Southern Song court.

The maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty continued unabated, but because the Ming Dynasty adopted a policy of closing the country to the outside world for a long time, the huge trade volume did not bring much income to the Ming court, and only fattened the gentry and smuggling merchants along the coast.

The city department in charge of maritime trade has also set up and set up, and has gone back and forth, and has not formed an effective and coherent management mechanism at all.

Qin Mu stood at the head of Ningbo City, looking east at the sea, calculating in his heart the matter of resetting the city as soon as possible.

Cao Weijun, the prefect of Ningbo, said: "In the Ming Dynasty, the more and more the pirates were banned, and when it came to Jiashi, it was a disaster, and it had reached the point where the whole country was uneasy. The outbreak of a war of this magnitude in the coastal areas can indeed be called an unprecedented change.

After Longqing, although Western trade was opened, Japan was banned from trading until the end of the Ming Dynasty. In the 21st year of Wanli, some officials demanded the opening of the Ningbo port, but it was consistently resisted by the Ningbo elder Shen.

In the twenty-seventh year of Wanli, the Zhejiang City Shipping Division was restored, but it was only a domestic trade tax agency. It is not the same as the function of the Southern Song Dynasty. Despite this, due to the strong demand for private trade, Ningbo's maritime trade was very prosperous.

Nowadays, our dynasty has not yet set up a city shipping department to manage, and there is a conflict with the Zheng family in Fujian, which controls the sea lanes, Ningbo's maritime trade has not only been greatly affected, but also lacks management, and the situation is relatively chaotic. ”

In fact, it is not difficult to guess Qin Mu's attitude towards maritime trade from Qin Mu's great rejuvenation of the naval division and the change of the naval division to the navy;

As the most important foreign trade port in the past dynasties, Ningbo Prefecture, Cao Weijun is even more concerned about this. In this regard, he spent a lot of effort and talked eloquently in front of Qin Mu, not only on various commodities, but also on the structure and management of the city.

The east wind on the city is tight, blowing everyone's robes fluttering, Qin Mu's black royal robe on the golden dragon vibrating to fly, looking back, a trench of spring water and half of the city's flowers, smoke willows dark thousands of homes.

The boats on the river are busy. The fishermen on the shore are fishing idle, and the mountains and rivers are green. There is no heart on the rock. This is Ningbo, there are flowers, businessmen such as clouds, idle clouds and wild cranes, and there are shouting voices.

Qin Mu pressed the hilt of his sword with his hand, and while walking along the city wall, he said: "The city division of the Ming Dynasty did not play a good role, and I, Great Qin, should follow suit." Only the experience of the Song Dynasty is effective, and the Cao Governor's Mansion must also have some understanding of the situation of the Song Dynasty City. ”

Cao Weijun immediately replied: "King Qin, I know a little about this minister. ”

"Good. You talk about it. ”

"There is a Song generation, has always encouraged merchants to engage in overseas trade, from the Song Taizong Taiping rejuvenation of the country three years ago, the Song Dynasty began to set up a city in Ningbo and other places. Responsible for the management and taxation of overseas trade.

However, all merchant ships going to sea must be inspected by the Municipal Shipping Division, and after paying the commercial tax, they will be issued with a customs certificate for going to sea. In the event of seizure without a customs certificate from the Municipal Shipping Division, the goods will be confiscated and a heavy fine will be imposed.

There are clear regulations on the entry of goods from other countries, the port in which they land, and how to dispose of the trafficked goods, and all commodities must be checked and verified by the municipal shipping department before they can be traded ashore. ”

Qin Mu listened very carefully, because the Song Dynasty's city system was very successful, and it brought a very considerable income to the Song court, which Qin Mu can be said to be salivating. He then asked, "What were the rules of the Song Dynasty in terms of taxation?" ”

"Back to the King of Qin, the Song Dynasty city tax collection system was divided into three aspects: extraction, prohibition, and bomai. The provisions of the system are specific and detailed. For example, in the process of re-extraction, the goods should be divided into thick and thin, and thus divided into two different tax rates. There are also detailed regulations for the entry of various types of goods into the port to regulate the number of various types of goods entering the port. At the same time, some commodities were restricted from going to sea, such as copper coins, iron tools, grain, and military supplies. ”

Qin Mu was very interested when he heard this, as far as he knew, tariffs played an extremely important role as one of the three major taxes in later generations. It regulates import and export trade by the level of the tax rate, thereby affecting the direction, scale and speed of the domestic economy, and then affecting the degree of price stability.

Although Cao Weijun is not very specific, it is clear that the tariffs of the Song Dynasty have initially had the function of regulating import and export trade, which is a great progress.

Qin Mu then asked, "Governor Cao, let's talk about how the Song Dynasty managed the city. ”

In terms of administration, the Song court set up the posts of envoys, judges, and supervisors in the promotion of the city, the first two of which were either full-time or part-time, and the latter were full-time.

Because the officials of the city department are involved in a large number of financial transactions every day. The Song court also had a special idea in the appointment of officials in the city, usually selecting those officials who were honest and honest and recruited effectively;

It also stipulates that the officials who concurrently serve as the municipal envoys must be officials at or above the level of junior secretary, and the supervisors of the municipal ships must be civil and military officials who have not committed the crime of stolen goods. It is not allowed to make exceptions to the restrictive provisions such as the junior official, avoiding the suspicion of relatives, avoiding the original system, and avoiding the state.

Those who embezzle, derelict their duties, and extort extortions and extort money will be severely punished, such as demotion, removal, suspension, replacement, dismissal from office, and extension of the period of probation.

In addition, the Song Dynasty also formulated a strict assessment system, and the officials of the Municipal Shipping Department must go to the capital for a certain period of time to be inspected, and only after passing the inspection can they be appointed as the officials of the Municipal Shipping Division.

If the three-year term in the city is really honest and prudent, and does not violate the relevant regulations, after the inspection of the imperial history, and then by the deputy envoy of the road to play the guarantee, give rewards, the official expires, must be handed over during the term of office of the tax register, for the purpose of assessment.

In order to encourage the officials of the municipal shipping department and promote the development of overseas trade, it is also stipulated that during the term of office, those who do not have any deficit in tariff revenue according to the regulations will be rewarded, and those who exceed the quota will be rewarded.

For example, in the fourth year of Zhenzong Tianxi, the officials of the Municipal Department of Shipping can collect and withdraw the amount of money collected and completed as required, and they can be transferred to the official and preferentially appointed. In the fifth year of the reign of Emperor Hui Zonghe, it was stipulated that there was a marked increase in the number of merchants soliciting foreign goods, foreign goods, and buying treasures, and he was allowed to be promoted to an official. In the sixth year of Gaozong Shaoxing, he ordered that those who solicited merchants and goods and extracted and bought them to earn interest could be promoted and rewarded. ”

Qin Mu nodded frequently when he heard this, these experiences are very worthy of reference, and he immediately said to Cao Weijun: "You sort these out, and quickly give this king a specific note." ”

Cao Weijun's face could not hide his joy, and he hurriedly said deeply: "Minister, obey the order." ”

Maritime trade is the main source of wealth for the Zheng family, and although there is a conflict between the two sides, overseas trade will inevitably be affected, but the Zheng family has not completely cut off the maritime trade routes, so it is very important to set up a city shipping department as soon as possible;

The City Ship Division can not only be used to manage overseas trade, but also can be used to influence the Zheng family's financial resources, if the Zheng family cannot be quickly ambushed, then the City Ship Division can be used as a means to suppress the Zheng family.

The establishment of the City Department as soon as possible not only does not conflict with dealing with the Zheng family, but also plays a great auxiliary role.

Later, Qin Mu and his accompanying officials had lunch in a restaurant at the East Gate, and then went to sea on a warship non-stop, although Gu Rong's naval admiral Yamen was located in Ningbo City, but the home port named by Qin Mu as the "East China Sea Fleet" was actually Shuangyu Port in the Zhoushan Islands.

There is a Liuheng Island in Zhoushan, Liuheng Island is divided into two islands of Shangzhuang and Xiazhuang, Shuangyu Port is in it, the geographical location is very superior, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

During the reign of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Zhi, a maritime smuggler, united with the Japanese to entrench here, smuggling goods on a large scale, or robbing merchants and fishing boats. At that time, the Ming court implemented a policy of banning the sea, and under the management of Wang Zhi and others, Shuangyu Port became the largest smuggling trade base in Southeast Asia.

On the seventh day of April in the 27th year of Jiajing, Zhu Kun, the governor of Jiajing, sent Lu Bo and Wei Yigong, the deputy envoy of Haidao, to lead 380 warships and more than 6,000 soldiers to attack Shuangyu Port, burning 35 ships and 42 ships, capturing the leaders of the maritime merchants, Li Guangtou, Xu Liu, Yao Da, etc., destroying the barracks built by them, and Shuangyu Port was abolished.

In order to quickly increase the combat power of the East China Sea Fleet, Qin Mu can be described as well-intentioned. Choosing the home port of the fleet in Shuangyu Port would inevitably increase the difficulty of replenishing the army, but in order for the fleet to adapt to sea operations more quickly, Qin Mu would rather spend a little more.

If the home port of the fleet continues to be selected as an inland port, can the navy still be called a navy?

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