Chapter 34, arms trade and plot against Japan.
"You all are guests from afar, but I, the king, have been busy with many things recently and have been neglecting a lot."
Zhu Daohua said and ordered tea to be served.
"I am a cheerful man, and I invite your envoy to come here. One is to open up trade, and the other is to join hands in the fight against the Western Barbarians tomorrow."
"Tomorrow and Japan join hands just to attack the Western Yi. What will happen to the Qing court?"
Matsudaira Kaori asked.
"The expulsion of the Qing Tartars is an internal matter of our Ming Dynasty, and foreign countries do not need to intervene."
Zhu Daohua said.
Matsudaira Kaori nodded when he heard this.
Japan actually did not want to get involved in the war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
"Your Majesty wants to open up trade, maybe open up Japan to purchase weapons such as muskets, grenades, and mortars?"
"It's natural."
A faint smile appeared on Zhu Daohua's lips.
Now the Ming Palace has basically no industries.
The channels for incoming money are ship tax and deposits from two banks.
However, considering financial security and Ming Yuan's credit, the precious metal reserves absorbed cannot be used casually.
Therefore, ship tax has become the majority of the Ming Palace's current income.
Of course.
In Zhu Daohua's view.
The ship tax belongs to the tax revenue of the Ming Palace.
The reserves absorbed by the two banks and the profits generated from the coinage could also be disposed of by the Ming Palace.
But King Zhu Ming himself has a private industry.
For example, Daohua Trading Company uses "special drugs" to make money in Europe.
There is also the arms trade.
Because these arsenals use technology provided by Zhu Daohua, and Zhu Daohua is also the largest investor.
Therefore, the proceeds from the arms trade naturally belong to King Zhu Ming himself.
Traditionally, the emperor's internal funds and the treasury were difficult to separate.
The emperor is selfless.
The whole country is yours.
If something happens to the country, do you have to pay from your own funds?
But Prince Zhu Ming was very clear about public and private matters.
And his industry also pays taxes - even the tax rate in the arms industry is quite high.
Therefore, Zhu Daohua will not restrict the arms trade.
Being able to use the profits from the arms trade to continuously invest in weapons research and development, forming a positive cycle, and cultivating the military industry will definitely be no less than a major industrial chain in the automobile industry in later generations.
And you cannot become a strong country by buying weapons.
Which of the major countries in later generations does not have its own military industrial chain?
Even India.
Don’t you also pursue Arjun and Guanghui?
Whether it can be done is another matter for now.
Just this ambition.
In more than 200 countries around the world.
How can I be ranked number one?
Zhu Daohua is not afraid of the impact the arms deal will have on him.
Don’t say anything else.
Just something like yellow gunpowder allowed Japan and other countries to study it without any clues.
If it weren't for bad luck.
I'm afraid it won't be possible for more than ten to twenty years.
A musket that fires paper shells with a fixed mercury fulminate flash cap and yellow powder as propellant.
Grenades, mortars.
These things are all "consumables".
"Because Batam is a small island, the supply of grenades and mortars is limited, and the price is relatively expensive. Because the source of raw materials for yellow gunpowder is extremely precious, the output is very small..."
Zhu Daohua said.
"So we can also sell the grenade's zipper ignition device and the gun shell with only the ignition device but no gunpowder filling. When the time comes, the black powder filling can also be used."
Zhu Daohua is right.
It is true that the output of yellow gunpowder is not high - this is of course not because the source of raw materials is extremely precious, but simply because the army and navy of the Ming Army are now undergoing "yellow gunpowder" replacement.
It’s not even enough for my own use.
So I only sell empty shell grenades and empty shell mortars.
It can be used when filled with black powder.
It's just power...
That would make a lot of sense.
However, after hearing that these weapons can be traded.
Matsudaira Kari was still very excited.
He thought for a while and then continued: "Your Highness, Japan is currently in a state of isolation. Can you allow the Japanese shogun to monopolize trade with the Ming Palace, excluding any Japanese local daimyo?"
Matsudaira was quite greedy for the power of grenades and mortars.
And he knows it.
If local powerful feudal lords were allowed to obtain such weapons.
I'm afraid it won't be long before another overthrowing battle begins...
Let the Tokugawa Shogunate monopolize the arms trade with the Ming Palace.
This is also to maintain Japan's stability.
Zhu Daohua smiled and said: "Sir Songping, what I support is free trade."
Matsudaira did not wait for a reply.
Zhu Daohua continued: "But the Tokugawa family is my friend. Since they are friends, it is not impossible to discuss."
"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter."
Matsudaira Tori Road.
Let the Tokugawa shogunate monopolize the Japan-Ming arms trade.
Then you have to pay a corresponding price.
Everything comes at a price.
It just depends on how to choose.
"I can in principle allow the Tokugawa family to monopolize the arms trade between Japan and Ming Dynasty. I can even allow the Tokugawa family to monopolize Japan's foreign trade!"
Zhu Daohua said.
Support the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Suppress local powerful vassals.
This is something Zhu Daohua has thought about for a long time.
The reason for this is of course that the existence of the Tokugawa Shogunate suppressed the strength of powerful vassals in various places.
On the other hand, the weakness of the Tokugawa Shogunate also allowed the Ming Palace to exert its influence on Japan more directly.
We must really let the powerful vassals in various places initiate the overthrow.
Overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Hold up the Emperor of Japan.
Take that path in history.
Although Zhu Daohua is not afraid.
However, hundreds of thousands of people are so poor that they only have one knife, and they are quite skilled in the art of slashing people. It is still a big trouble to select many Japanese samurai who are "killer immortals".
It would be best to consume some of these head-killing warriors...
Support the Tokugawa shogunate and let Japan maintain such a shogunate system.
Zhu Daohua believed that this was in the interests of Ming Dynasty.
“Monopolize Japan’s foreign trade!!”
The Matsudaira family stood up with a loud sound.
he knows.
Zhu Daohua, who controlled the maritime power in Nanyang, could do this.
And for a long time, although Japan has been known as a closed country.
However, local powerful vassals can still ignore the national lockdown order and conduct foreign trade on their own.
For example, the Satsuma Domain had close relations with the Dutch. Through trade with the Dutch, he accumulated strength that even the Tokugawa shogunate feared.
"Your Majesty, what are your conditions?"
Zhu Daohua immediately said: "My conditions are, first, I set up a Japanese samurai army for combat in Southeast Asia!"
"Second, the Ming Dynasty wanted to set up an embassy in Edo, with the right to establish newspapers and publish books and periodicals."
"Third, the Ming Dynasty can give the Tokugawa shogunate 100 international student quotas every year and recruit students who enter the Army and Navy Academy and Dohua University."
"Fourth, I need to lease a port facing the Pacific Ocean."
Hearing this, Matsudaira Iori began to weigh in his mind.
These conditions made him very embarrassed.
Are you saying the conditions are harsh?
That's not really harsh.
The Tokugawa shogunate lost nothing.
But I'm afraid...
In other places, powerful vassals took the opportunity to launch attacks.
