"During this operation to regain Haojing and the areas in Taiwan occupied by the Hong Mao Fan, Fo Lang Ji, etc., the navy also confiscated a lot of gold, silver, spices, raw silk and other commodities. In addition to the water that was rewarded for performing the mission according to the reward regulations, Outside the division, gold, silver and commodities worth more than 10 million yuan in silver coins have been escorted to Beijing for storage. In addition, there are also family members of Westerners, that is, women and children. Since their service value is not high, they are still staying in Hao. In the mirror, Chen Xin, the magistrate of the state, requested an edict to distribute these women to the local Han people who had just been rescued and organized into new households to increase the population. Among the children, all the males were castrated and all the females were transfigured and sent to Beijing. As for the I would like to ask Your Majesty to tell you how to deal with it, whether it should be sent to the palace or rewarded."
Fang Congzhe then played again.
"It is okay for women to be rationed to new households of local Han people who have just been rescued and enslaved by Westerners. Now Haojing has lost many Westerners, and it is necessary to increase the population to restore business. As for children, boys cannot be sent to the prison after castration. Given to the royal family, the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty's inner court will be in charge of the central government in the future. People from foreign countries cannot be allowed to become the imperial eunuchs in the future. After the girl is sent to the capital, she will be raised in the Jiaofang Division, where she will also be taught Chinese and Confucianism, and then sold! "
"As for the merchant ships, they will be auctioned by the Shipping Department newly established by the Ministry of Industry. The goods will be distributed to the comprehensive stores controlled by Dongchang and the Shipping Department of Jinyiwei for sale. The gold and silver will be stored in the warehouse, and part of it will be used as silver incentives for civil and military officials this year."
"After the Westerners in Taiwan and Haojing were captured, their previous trade between Goa, Manila, Batavia, and Japan and our Ming Dynasty cannot be interrupted. This is the key to the empire's foreign trade revenue and expanding the market. The scale of the trade of the Ship Company prompted the Ship Company to raise shares in the private sector and use capital to immediately replace the trade function between these places. They immediately sent representatives to contact the Western governors of Goa, Manila, and Batavia, requesting continued trading."
Zhu Youxiao ordered.
After hearing this, Fang Congzhe had no objection to the first two instructions of the emperor, but as for the third one, that is, the continued trade with Western countries, he had to ask one more question: "May I ask your Majesty, Manila, Batavia, What if the Westerners in places like Goa use our demand to resume trade to ask us to release the Westerners who have been forcibly enslaved by us?”
"It's not just my Ming Dynasty that needs to resume trade. The Westerners in these places need these trades even more. Otherwise, why would they come to these places to colonize from thousands of miles away? Therefore, he has no right to refuse trade with us. I request to resume trade with them. Trade is not the trade that the Ming Dynasty needs them to do, but the gift that the Ming Dynasty gives them. In addition, the Privy Council will mobilize the navy to patrol these places. If the trade is not restored, they will be beaten to resume the trade!"
Zhu Youxiao replied.
He knew that in today's world, as long as people within the Ming Dynasty did not act recklessly, it would be difficult for any outside force to stop any will of the Ming Empire.
It is now August of the seventh year of the Apocalypse.
According to the original history, this time has begun to enter the Zhu Youjian era.
But what Zhu Youxiao is happy about is that it is still the era when Emperor Tianqi is in power.
Donglu in the northeast is already in a state of survival.
Although Lin Dan Khan in the north has always had the ambition to unify Mongolia, it has not been completely completed and has not yet posed a threat to the Ming Dynasty.
Domestic reforms have been completed to the point where officials and gentry are all required to pay taxes together, leaving only commercial and tax reform.
Now he has enough strength and energy to protect and compete for Ming Dynasty's maritime interests in the south.
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Goa.
Castro, the governor of Portugal and India, discovered that no merchant ship had returned from Goa for a long time, which made him suspicious. He had to appoint Peso, commander of the Sino-Japanese trade fleet, to lead a warship to Haojing.
But before Pesso set off, the merchant ship of the newly established Daming Hao Mirror Shipping Department first arrived in Goa, the residence of the Portuguese-Indian Governor.
Although sailing at sea in this era requires finding out the route in advance to avoid hitting rocks or encountering hurricanes, now that the Ming Dynasty has captured many Westerners, it is natural to find a few Westerners who are familiar with the route from Goa to Haojing. .
It will be easy for the warships of the Ming Navy and the merchant ships of the Shipping Department to reach Goa.
"You Ming people want to trade with us?"
When Castro saw Fang Yuegong, the envoy from the Shipping Department, and heard Fang Yuegong saying that he wanted Goa to allow Ming merchant ships to trade here and sign a trade agreement, he felt something was wrong.
Although the Goa area is a Portuguese colony in India, there is no so-called international trade here. It is just a trading center and commodity processing center for the Portuguese merchant ships.
Global trade in this era is still relatively primitive, and it is still a direct grab, whether it is land or merchant ships.
Only when one's own side does not have an absolute advantage will one trade with it obediently.
The Netherlands took Malacca, which originally belonged to Portugal, and today's Malacca, directly in their own hands. Instead of obediently paying the Portuguese, they then came to trade with China and Japan.
Like other Western countries, they are basically competing for each other's territory and becoming maritime hegemons. Their way of getting along is relatively primitive, and they have not yet established a corresponding international trade order.
Therefore, when the Ming Dynasty now calls them barbarians, it is not a disparagement.
However, Ming Dynasty was different from these Western countries.
Ming Dynasty is the country with the highest degree of civilization and the most developed productivity in the world today.
Now, what Ming Dynasty needs most is the market and raw materials, and it needs to dump the goods.
Ming Dynasty needs to resume trade.
Therefore, Ming Dynasty seems less primitive and crude at this moment.
Castro was not opposed to trade with the Ming Dynasty, but he was unwilling to let the Ming Dynasty merchant ships play a trading role.
If a merchant ship goes to China or Japan and brings back the goods to Goa, it can earn several times the profit.
And this profit has always been earned by the Portuguese.
Now if Ming Dynasty merchant ships are responsible for transporting domestic goods to Goa, it will undoubtedly mean that this profit will be earned by Ming Dynasty merchant ships.
"We do not welcome your merchant ships to come to Goa for trade. This is just a concentration of our Portuguese merchant ships."
Castro replied.
"You should think again and don't make me, His Majesty the Ming Emperor, angry."
Fang Yuegong replied.
"His Majesty the Emperor of your country should understand that the route from Goa to Haojing belongs to us. Your presence here now is already infringing on our interests. Out of respect for His Majesty the Emperor of your country, we hope that your country The fleet will return as soon as possible."
Castro still maintains a tough stance.
"Aren't you worried that His Majesty the Ming Emperor will refuse to trade with you because of this?"
Fang Yuegong threatened.
"Of course I am worried, but this is not a wise decision. The emperor of your country should not do this. Your country is rich in products, and they are cheap and high-quality. If they are not used for trading, it will cause great losses to your country. Otherwise, your envoy will not Come and talk to us, we beg you to give in and allow our merchant ships to continue trading with your country, and we are willing to abide by all your laws."
Castro knew that the Ming Dynasty was not an Eastern Empire that was easy to mess with. They did not benefit from the Battle of Tuen Mun Island and the Battle of Xicao Wan. This forced them to use a more peaceful way to contact the Ming Dynasty officials, and now , he also had to use a more polite way to ask the Ming Empire to give in and not seize the trade route from Haojing to Goa.
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