Xiao Yi put down the memorial in his hand and said calmly: "Very good, we have a winner."
honestly.
With Xiao Yi's current reputation and the power in his hands, he is really not afraid of rebellion by the five border guard princes.
Even if they join forces, he can easily suppress them.
He didn't even need to lead the attack personally, he just needed Yue Hongling and Wang Jian to join forces.
Bai Qi was stationed in Yancheng, and Wang Ben and Zhang Han were also stationed south of Shanhaiguan in Yanyun in preparation for a direct attack on Huanglong in the future.
But now, he is just a little King Jing.
Since we are in Jiangdong, we should directly order Wang Jian to lead troops to quell the rebellion.
Nowadays, Xiao Zheng is working hard to build ships and train a large navy in Jiangdong, so he naturally has a lot of troops.
There may even be no need for Wang Jian to lead the team himself.
Therefore, Xiao Yi just issued an edict and let Xiao Zheng take care of it.
After solving the hidden dangers of the clan prince, the vassal king, Xiao Yi still set his sights on the development of navigation.
In fact, Daqian people now have a completely new understanding of overseas affairs. Especially in the past two years since the opening of the sea, maritime trade has grown and developed, and their understanding of overseas countries has become more and more comprehensive. .
Therefore, the top leaders of Daqian are fully aware of the huge profits from maritime trade.
But it is clear that if it really develops and grows, there will be resistance. This resistance is the same as some things. It is not something that Xiao Yi, the prince of the country, can just say that it will develop by relying on his own prestige. .
There are actually many aspects involved in this. For example, the navy has not yet been developed.
Maritime merchants need escort for their long voyages. This escort is tied to the Daqian Navy. Does it mean that the military is also doing business?
Many Wu Xun have already set their sights on this cake.
After all, the cost of an escort was quite high. In the past, this was naturally controlled by Xiao Zheng.
At that time, he was considered the king of Jiangdong.
Now, Xiao Zheng has also delegated power, and Jiangdong has returned to the embrace of the imperial court. Otherwise, what kind of unification would Daqian have?
Maybe it was just like what Murong Yin thought, there was still a life-and-death battle.
However, no.
The goodwill shown by Xiao Yi to Xiao Zheng, the brotherhood unleashed, coupled with Xiao Yi's own strength, Daqian Artillery, and Lian Yueshan and Yue Hongling were on Xiao Yi's side.
Xiao Zheng is naturally self-aware.
Fight?
Fight for what?
It was because of the incompetence and incompetence of Emperor Daqian's grandson that his father was so aggressive that the first time he ascended the throne was to cut down the vassalage. Even Zhang Jiuling couldn't stand it anymore.
That's why Xiao Di was able to raise his flag to rebel. Following this, Zhang Jiuling also secretly contributed a lot of effort.
And now, the reputation of his eldest brother, the Crown Prince, is not as high as that of his father.
His fight will definitely arouse resistance from many people.
If you don't say whether you can win to the end, if you say you have won, what can you do to stabilize your position?
The key is that Xiao Zheng gave up completely after hearing Xiao Yi's development blueprint for Daqian in the next few decades or even hundreds of years.
Impressed.
Really convinced.
He never thought about how Daqian would develop in the next few decades, and he even thought about how far-sighted and ambitious it would be hundreds of years later.
In this case, why not become a wise king of Daqian, who can be remembered forever, and more importantly, see what kind of path Daqian will take under the leadership of the powerful eldest brother.
Can the big brother that big brother mentioned appear?
This is what Xiao Zheng said to Li Si, Bai Qi and others at the beginning, and he firmly expressed his thoughts.
Jiangdong now has Xiao Zheng, Daqian Navy also has Xiao Zheng, including the coast of the East China Sea, he is in charge of the trade with Japan, which can make Xiao Yi feel at ease.
He only needs to play the role of chief engineer and build a large-scale development framework for Daqian.
"Take a look, this is a written report after the Supervisory Yushi and Jin Yiwei Jingchao. Since the Han Dynasty, aristocratic families have appeared. During the Jin Dynasty, the aristocratic families gradually grew. Until the previous dynasty, they had accumulated for hundreds of years. They own a large amount of land and property, and they are still trying to annex land.”
"They owned a lot of fertile land and became local grain merchants. Then, they spread a good name called "Gongshu Heirloom". In this way, they could participate in the imperial examination and become scholars, and there would be more and more people in the family. Scholars, there were more officials, and from then on they directly dominated the local area. They monopolized the land, controlled the population, controlled the direction of public opinion, and even controlled the examination questions of the lower-level imperial examinations."
"I believe you also feel it deeply. How many of the officials in the government and the public are from famous families, and how many of them are from country squires. They have formed a complex force. There is me among you, and I am among you. With you, I can’t cut it off.”
"I have already planned to issue an edict to prohibit land annexation. At the same time, we must also find ways to prevent this kind of thing from happening."
Political Hall.
Now this place has almost become a small classroom for important officials such as the Six Ministers, the Nine Temples, the Secretariat, the Supervisory Censor, and the Jin Yiwei.
These are officials Xiao Yi trusts and whom he intends to train.
Among them, some are from aristocratic families.
But.
Xiao Yi did not avoid suspicion because of this. He did not doubt the suspects and the employing people. He believed that these ministers would always follow him.
If you can't keep up, then you will naturally give way.
"The reason why land annexation occurs is, to put it bluntly, because the benefits brought by land are huge."
"The land can produce food every year, and the food can be sold at a good price."
"They don't have to cultivate it themselves, they just hand over the land directly to farmers, and they can enjoy the benefits every year."
"If we want to prevent land annexation and the emergence of a big family like the Zhang family, the combined land owned by one family will almost occupy most of Shannan Road."
"Then we can only increase efforts to develop maritime trade."
"The interests of overseas trade are very huge. Just relying on the imperial court to host and operate it is somewhat insufficient in manpower and power."
"The key point is that since the interests are huge, they cannot just be in the hands of the court, but must be let go. Whether it is you or others, as long as they have goods, ships, or even manpower in their hands, they will all You can get involved.”
Xiao Yi is following the example of the great men of the past.
In governing the country, we should not close the country in isolation or engage in feudalism in order to maintain the power in the hands of the emperor alone, for the sake of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, for the sake of the Xiao family.
He stood on the shoulders of giants to build the development blueprint of Daqian, so he naturally knew what the fate of feudalism would be.
As the saying goes, emperors come in turns, and this year they come to my house.
The power ambition brought about by the emperor's position is ultimately the biggest hidden danger.
This is why Xiao Yi wants to enlighten the people, establish a newspaper, and build public schools to slowly develop literacy.
Not only that, in the future, you may also want to turn the throne of the emperor into a mascot of Daqian.
In this way, it should be spread longer.
No matter how many disputes and chaos there are, the world is still Daqian, and the world is still the Han family.
The small class in Zhengshi Hall continues.
"To vigorously develop maritime commerce, we need to build ships, sailors, and build a navy to escort ships, which requires a lot of money."
"As for this money, I plan to take the lead and come up with a sum of money, which will be counted as a shareholding. Later, I will also ask the clan princes to come up with the money. As for you, it depends on how much money you have left."
"Don't talk about how officials can't compete with the people for profit, let alone talk about it. Gu Nai is the prince of the country, how can he engage in business."
"This is not called doing business."
"Gu Ye will not participate in it in his own name. He will just hand over the money to the Qin family and do it in the name of Huangshang."
"You can also ask someone from your own family to set up a company, record it in the register, and then participate in the company's name."
"In the future, maritime merchants will become stronger and stronger, and greater benefits will be gained."
"I don't mean that I want you to make money and get rich, but I don't want you to just be an official with a little salary."
"Being an official is not for getting rich, and you can't be an official to get rich."
"Share participation is stock participation."
"Please also remember that at the same time, you must also inform other officials not to cross the red line."
The reason why Xiao Yi did this was naturally to accumulate capital.
Because it is too slow to develop maritime trade with the current fiscal resources of the national treasury.
Even though most of the aristocratic families in Daqian participated in it, it was still a little slow. The volume of goods in one maritime trade was not high.
Therefore, he planned to let it go completely, and even the princes of the clan and ministers of the court were involved.
In this way, everyone can have soup.
It can also solve financial problems.
Daqian's silk, porcelain, and spices are sold overseas for sky-high prices!
Everyone is involved.
They will not focus on the one-third of an acre of land in the Central Plains.
This is called conflict transfer.
Of course, what should be encouraged is to increase efforts to encourage mulberry farming. Everyone cannot focus on maritime merchants and stop planting land.
In the later stage, we must still find opportunities to establish a household responsibility system, or directly lease fertile land.
The contractors rent the fields directly, so people who don’t have fields can have the opportunity to farm.
Think of ways to improve more farm tools.
Increase mechanized farming.
If high-yield crops such as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes are found overseas, Daqian's development will definitely be taken to the next level.
The officials here must have limitations in their thinking.
After listening to Xiao Yi's narration, it was as if the clouds were clearing and the sun suddenly appeared. I suddenly became enlightened. Can I still do this?
Dai Guang was the first to stand up, bowed and said: "His Highness is truly a sage, and I am so impressed by him. Adjusting the clan support system and overseas trade are a 'mutually complementary' relationship."
"The adjustments to the clan support system in the past few days have not only reduced the financial pressure on Daqian's treasury, but also implemented benevolent policies on them. This is unprecedented in history and fully demonstrates the broad mind of His Highness."
"Now, allowing them to participate in maritime trade is one of the things that has been achieved, allowing members of the clan to do business."
"From then on, princes and nobles were able to make money to support their families through maritime trade."
"Not only does it appease their hearts, but it also allows them to make the best use of their talents, allowing them to create greater wealth for Daqian."
Xiao Yi nodded happily. "exactly."
If the salary of the clan princes is reduced, their financial source will be cut off. So we have to give them a way to support their families, right?
Otherwise, there will really be a scandal in which the prince of the prison country forced the princes to death, which will also damage his own reputation.
Now, the national policy towards the clan princes has been explained one by one in the Di Bao. The successive reports have also made the people understand the significance of this national policy.
Naturally, countless people applauded.
Why?
How come those people are born with a salary from the imperial court, that is, they can live a life of food and clothing without any worries?
Now, this is called, the prince also has to work hard for his own livelihood.
The people's hatred of the rich and the nobles has naturally been released. How can we not applaud?
This national policy has really greatly weakened the very large contradiction between the princes, nobles and ordinary people caused by the gap between the rich and the poor and the gap in status.
What kind of princes and generals would Xiang Ning be?
The credibility of this statement has also weakened.
how.
Princes, generals and ministers also have to find ways to support their families now!
With the discussion of national policies on overseas trade, time has come to a close.
Xiao Yi immediately said: "I still have a question here, so I will raise it here. After you go back, you will also think about it and think about it. If you have any ideas, you can write a memorial and hand it over, so I can take a look."
"The issues in the next few days, the first is the development of maritime trade, and the second issue is the replacement of dynasties from generation to generation. Is it really the cycle of the Five Virtues that restrain each other?"
