Making money is a very important topic. Although the Ming Dynasty is not short of money now, it is difficult to say that it will require a large amount of capital investment to do something in the future.
The Southern Song Dynasty was able to make money. This is generally recognized by everyone. Just because the Southern Song Dynasty was reactionary and evil, we cannot ignore their ability to make money and manage overseas trade.
We still have to learn what we need to learn, and we should completely abandon what we should discard. We must not be diodes in actual government affairs.
The officials nodded and expressed their understanding of Su Yonglin's views.
Then Su Yonglin asked Lin Jingchun to make some preparations.
“We have never had a shipping department in the past, and we have no experience in setting up and managing it, so after taking over the shipping departments in Guangzhou and Quanzhou, we need to get familiar with the work there as soon as possible.
I will ask the Southern Song Dynasty to provide us with some help, but we must also be prepared ourselves. You will take the lead in establishing a Municipal Ship Management Department directly under the Ministry of Finance as soon as possible, and select some young and capable officials to supplement it.
If you need any relevant books, just bring them up and I will arrange for the Skynet Army to find them for you. Then you have to organize these officials to supplement their knowledge in this area. Don't make people laugh by asking questions there without knowing anything. "
"I see."
Lin Jingchun nodded, his eyes full of excitement: "If this is done well, it will be a huge amount of money. With the increase of millions of dollars in income, how many great things can be done!"
"Don't be too happy too early."
Su Yonglin smiled and said: "It is not that simple to put this money into your stomach safely. Not to mention the operation of the Shipping Department, many of the goods needed by the merchants of the Fan Kingdom are beyond our ability to produce. Or only the Southern Song Dynasty could produce and sell it.
We only control the port and shipping department, but we may still need to cooperate with businessmen from the Southern Song Dynasty. How to carry out this cooperation, how to clarify the interests involved, and how to prevent our officials from being corrupted are all very serious. The problem.
Before we completely control the commercial trade of the Southern Song Dynasty, how to do a good job as a third party between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Fan Kingdom and maintain the continued operation of the shipping department and the port is still a big problem for us.
If there are any problems at that time, I suggest that you, the Minister of Finance, directly station in Quanzhou and handle matters on the spot. If these things are handled well, we will be able to control the economic lifeline of the Southern Song Dynasty.
When the Southern Song Dynasty is pacified and the economy is under control, the difficulty of the war will be greatly reduced, and the smooth transition after the war will be relatively simple. The pros and cons need to be clarified. "
After hearing this, Lin Jingchun thought seriously for a while and felt that there was something in Su Yonglin's words.
"Control the commercial trade of the Southern Song Dynasty? Do you mean that we want to attack the merchants of the Southern Song Dynasty?"
"Business wars are wars, but if you can't win them militarily, don't expect to win them commercially."
Su Yonglin sneered: "After the war, we can completely use our military advantages to organize caravans to go south to enter the Southern Song Dynasty market, and forcibly purchase the producers of goods that foreign businessmen need, so as to control the lifeline of the Southern Song Dynasty's foreign trade."
"This...can they agree?"
"I said, if we can't win militarily, we can just wait for the whole army to be annihilated commercially. If they have the ability, they can resist me."
Su Yonglin shook his head and said: "If we only control the port and shipping department, the Southern Song Dynasty merchants and the bureaucrats behind them will still make money. But if we control the production side, we can have everything in our hands."
Lin Jingchun understood what Su Yonglin meant.
Not only must they cripple the Southern Song Dynasty militarily and control the Southern Song Dynasty politically, but they must also eat up every last bit of the Southern Song Dynasty economically. This way, they can grasp the economic lifeline of the Southern Song Dynasty before fully going south to destroy the Song Dynasty.
In this way, there will be nothing left in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Those foreign trade merchants put it bluntly that they want goods, and they want high-quality goods so that they can take them back and make money. As for who provides the goods, it doesn't matter.
If they are smart enough, they know that they should not care about this problem, let alone be allowed to care about this problem.
If they care, get out of Quanzhou and never think of coming back again.
If you still dare to do something, you must be prepared to die in the sea and feed the fish.
Lin Jingchun completely understood what Su Yonglin meant.
"Now that you say so, I understand everything about what to do. I also know that regarding the matters in Quanzhou and Guangzhou, I will definitely go there at the beginning. Then I will travel between Quanzhou and Guangzhou for a while to solve all the specific problems. Let’s be clear... Why don’t we prepare now, it’ll be faster anyway, right?”
"Don't worry, we haven't finished this yet. It will take at least three to five months for the whole thing to settle before we can station in Quanzhou and Guangzhou. And before you move in, you still need to let the army take the lead in showing off its military power."
Su Yonglin's eyes gradually cooled down and he smiled: "There are many people in this world who are afraid of power and have no morals. We don't have an army to show off the prestige of our Ming Dynasty. Not to mention the local Southern Song businessmen, even those from the Tibetan Kingdom will probably do something. Things are testing Ming Dynasty, and I won’t allow this situation.”
This is not groundless speculation, but well-founded.
In this barbaric era of early world connectivity and no international law, those who could set up ships and ride the waves on the sea must not only be courageous, but also ruthless and even ruthless.
But among those who are successful, even though they look well-dressed, there are many who are licking blood behind their backs.
Business transactions have never been polite since ancient times. Hello, hello, hello everyone. There are many people who directly resort to knife if they disagree. These people from the sea are probably not just business travelers, but more likely to be part-time pirates, or professional pirates. , part-time maritime businessman.
It is not uncommon for such people to turn into pirates immediately when doing business when they see something good. They are even the same as pirates and merchants, so there is nothing strange about them.
If they are not allowed to know the power of the Ming Dynasty and the majesty of the law, it will be really difficult to manage this city full of cunning and blood-licking people.
It will be really necessary to kill a few people at that time.
There was a reason why the Southern Song Dynasty paid so much attention to Quanzhou and Guangzhou, and there was also a reason why the government in the Ming and Qing Dynasties set up shipping departments so cautiously.
While earning a lot of taxes, they also have to bear extremely expensive administrative costs and maintenance costs. If this job is not done well, Quanzhou and Guangzhou may become the Eastern Gotham City of this era at any time.
Before government agencies move in, Quanzhou and Guangzhou must undergo a period of military management to kill off the treacherous businessmen and let them know the majesty of the Ming government. After that, they can be managed in a formalized manner, and the effect will be better. many.
At the central meeting, after a period of deliberations, everyone initially reached some meaningful consensus, and then compiled a formal request.
At the same time, Su Yonglin also asked the staff to order the Pinghai Navy stationed in the Liaodong area to allocate about one-third of its troops to prepare to go south, and then assist the Weihai Navy in handling garrison affairs.
As of now, the Ming Central Committee has decided to set up three new Ming Navy garrison points at Lin'an Port, Quanzhou Port and Guangzhou Port.
In addition, a representative office of the Ming Dynasty must be set up in Lin'an City. The representative office needs to have a certain area, and all safety management must be done by the Ming Dynasty itself.
In other words, the new Ming-Song peace treaty not only required the Southern Song Dynasty to recognize the previous five articles, but also required additional land cession and increased garrison points in Lin'an City.
In the additional terms of the cession of land, it was clearly stipulated that Quanzhou and Guangzhou ports and shipping companies were owned by the Ming Dynasty. If Southern Song Dynasty merchants came to do business, all laws and taxes must be in accordance with the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, and no any objection.
"The new situation requires us to respond to new changes with a new attitude. A new era is coming. We must deal with military, political and economic issues at the same time. In the past, we put politics and military first. Put economic issues behind.
In the coming situation, we need to elevate the economy to a level as important as military politics and handle economic issues carefully. These issues that affect the whole body require us to treat them with caution and not slack off at all! "
"Here!"
Central officials agreed in unison.
A new era has arrived, and a new challenge has begun. The central government of the Ming Dynasty and the Renaissance organization began to take action.
