Troops stationed overseas must not only have more salary than officers and soldiers in the mainland, but also have more promotion opportunities.
Of course, it will take time to perfect the system.
Ryukyu Wei is the first, but he will definitely not be the last.
In the future, the Ming Dynasty will have ports, guards, extremely strong bunkers, and cities in various Western countries.
It also requires the establishment of overseas health centers one by one.
In this process, the system will be improved and these officers and soldiers will be given the best treatment and social status.
After Zhu Jianshen read the memorial, he retreated from everyone and stayed alone in Qianqing Palace.
He thought about his past and present lives, imagining that the Ming Dynasty would take the initiative in the Age of Discovery and replace the West as the center of the world.
In history, Ming Dynasty had many opportunities.
But many opportunities were also missed.
The most regrettable thing is Zheng He's voyages to the West.
Zhu Jianshen had read the marine records of Zheng He's voyages to the West more than once. Every time after reading it, he secretly sighed that it was a pity that he would go to Africa immediately and miss the best-selling goods.
In the third year of Emperor Yongle's reign, Zhu Di ordered Zheng He to lead more than 240 ships and a fleet of more than 27,000 people across the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific, visiting more than 30 countries. and area, can be called a pinnacle in the history of ancient navigation.
But the purpose of sailing is wrong.
The main purpose of the voyage was to promote the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty and let overseas countries feel the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.
This may be a move by Emperor Taizongwen to prove himself. Of course, the purpose of finding Emperor Jianwen also exists.
But he just didn't have the purpose of plundering or expansion. In the process of this great voyage and seven voyages to the West, the political purpose was primary, and the economic purpose was secondary.
During Zheng He's several voyages to the West, although he did promote the prestige of the Ming Dynasty and spread the power of the Ming Dynasty throughout the ocean, the economic gains were basically equivalent to nothing. ŴŴŴ.BiQuGe.Biz
There was no gain, but his expenses also became a financial pressure on the Ming Dynasty.
The most important thing is that every time Zheng He brought back envoys from vassal states to pay tribute, the Ming Dynasty would also give them a lot to prevent them from suffering losses. The more tributes were paid, the more the Ming Dynasty would suffer.
Zheng He's voyages to the West were actually decades earlier than the beginning of the Western Age of Discovery. The subsequent famous Western navigators were all younger brothers to him.
Unfortunately, although the Ming Dynasty also had the ability to sail across oceans, due to its political system and the influence of Confucianism, it did not discover the American continent before the West. Furthermore, due to the weakening of the Ming's national power and the emperor's self-proclaimed status, he missed out on the entire Ming Dynasty. Age of Sail.
Zhu Jianshen is currently living in this period.
If a certain turn can be made, the opportunity will be in the hands of the Ming Dynasty and the entire nation.
When Ming Dynasty pays attention to maritime rights and interests, the conflicts with the enemies in the east will completely intensify, and sooner or later there will be a war.
Zhu Jianshen didn't know how many years of war between the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese country would continue, but at this time, the Ming Dynasty had already gained the upper hand.
Ryukyu Island, Tsushima Island, and the two gateway islands in the north and south have been occupied by the Ming army. In the subsequent war, they will be at a disadvantage. As long as the Ming Dynasty itself is not in chaos, the small Japanese country is nothing to worry about. , if it is done well, there will be no big He nation at all in the future.
Thinking of this, Zhu Jianshen picked up the tea placed on the dragon table, took a sip, and then sighed. He understood that for the Ming Dynasty at this time, the Japanese country was not worthy of being their maritime opponent.
And Ming's real opponent, the real enemy is himself.
Confucianism.
Ancient China has always been a farming civilization and believed in traditional Confucian culture. The entire nation is relatively traditional from top to bottom, relatively conservative, and has no adventurous spirit.
Without the spirit of adventure, it is difficult to gain much.
Of course, in Zhu Jianshen's view, there is nothing wrong with Confucian culture, but it can be overly conservative and constrict people's hearts, which has changed its taste.
Moreover, Zhu Jianshen would also have to consider the adjustments the country would need to make after a large amount of silver poured into the Ming Dynasty. ,
He knows a little bit about the economy, and he also understands the reasons why the maritime ban was tightened again after the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty.
Westerners discovered the American continent and obtained a lot of silver mines there.
They used the silver they got there to come to Ming Dynasty to buy silk, porcelain, and even grain. However, Ming Dynasty was rich in resources and could be self-sufficient. It had very few needs from the outside world. The entire trade process was all about importing silver and exporting goods, resulting in domestic There is more and more silver, and inflation begins.
Even the officials after Wanli did not understand economic development, but they also knew that there was more and more money, and the means of production were getting less and less. Things that could be bought with one tael of silver in the past could not be bought with ten taels of silver now. This must be the reason. There was a problem, and the officials also made policy adjustments, that is, not allowing private people to trade with foreign countries, tightening the sea ban policy again, and completely closing the sea. Since then, the Ming Dynasty government has completely monopolized the country's foreign trade. trading.
Because after the Longqing Switch, Jiangnan, Fujian and other places often went to the West to do business, and they also brought a lot of silver to the Ming Dynasty.
The status of the silver standard is getting stronger and stronger, and there is more and more silver. However, the amount of silver that ordinary people can obtain every year has not increased much, which is fatal to a country.
Even if we now adjust from being passive to taking the initiative and mine our own silver or gold mines, it will definitely have an impact on the lives of ordinary people in the next twenty years.
Thinking of this, Zhu Jianshen became more and more helpless.
Twenty years later, if he is in power and still alive, he will be able to use his imperial power to intervene in the market, significantly increase labor costs, control the price of food, and use other methods, such as giving birth to children. After the birth of two children, the government will directly give twenty taels of silver to the third child, regardless of gender, to stimulate population growth, and use various methods to feed back the country's extra social wealth to the people, trying their best to reduce the impact on people's lives. drop to lowest.
But life is unpredictable. Zhu Jianshen is not sure that he will still have a healthy body after the age of forty. Now that his father has just turned forty, he is no longer good. His body and bones are weakened first. It is hard to say how much life he will have in the future. .
And his need for that matter was no less than that of his father. Zhu Jianshen didn't even dare to think about what it would be like when he was forty years old.
However, after a while, Zhu Jianshen also figured out that one generation has its own thing.
I only need to do the things in front of me well. What I have to do is to lead the Ming Dynasty on the road to prosperity. As for the increase in social wealth and how to distribute it, leave it to the next generation.
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