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Chapter 83 Maritime Support

.Wang Fu has asked the Ministry of Revenue to prepare for the banking matters. Not to mention silver notes, just cast silver into silver dollars, the court can not only collect at least 20% of the huge profits, but also eliminate the fire consumption, which can greatly reduce the burden on the people. Silver dollars are easier than silver dollars, but also promote the development of business and increase the tax revenue of the court.

This thing that seems to be beneficial but not harmful is not so easy to implement. Fire consumption is a big burden to the people, but it is the main income of local officials. Officials' salaries are extremely low. Usually, they welcome and send off and hire clerks and staff. It is conceivable that if the fire consumption is suddenly reduced, officials will definitely object. Even if Wang Fu is the emperor, there is no reason to let officials work hungry. After all, the poor are a minority.

As for other bank affairs, it is even more complicated. Wang Fu did not intend to accomplish it overnight. He had to make a charter first. The fewer loopholes, the better. The most important thing is that talents are difficult to find. Before the talents who manage banks are trained, it is just a bad idea. If the bank's reputation is damaged due to problems, it will be more than worth the loss.

It is even more troublesome to solve Zheng Zhilong's affairs. Zheng Zhilong has soldiers and money, and does not need the support of the court at all. At present, Wang Fu can suppress Zheng Zhilong more with a great reputation. Wang Fu once wanted to transfer Zheng Zhilong directly to the capital to increase his position, and then take his navy into the court. Unfortunately, Zheng Zhilong had learned the lessons of the previous four towns, and found various excuses that he refused to enter the capital. Only he was the two of them, Zheng Zhibao and his nephew Zheng Cai and others.\\/\

Now it seems that it is almost impossible to resolve Zheng Zhilong peacefully unless Wang Fu personally leads the army into Fujian, but Wang Fu has never made up his mind. From a historical perspective, Zheng Zhilong attaches great importance to the foundation on land, and has a little bit of a family-guarding dog. If Zheng Zhilong is reluctant to leave his foundation in Fujian, he can only surrender to the court. If Wang Fu is afraid, Zheng Zhilong will definitely abandon Fujian and rush back to the sea, and the Ming Dynasty's sea border will be in peace.

However, it is not the time to consider this now. Wang Fu temporarily put the bank and Zheng Zhilong behind his mind, thinking about what benefits this uprising of Xie Qian would bring to the Ming Dynasty. He vaguely remembered that Xie Qian's uprising was so powerful in history. Sun Zhixi, the shameless official who suggested to Dorgon that all Han people should shave their hair and change their clothes, fell into the hands of Xie Qian and was sentenced to death by the rebel army. It took several years for the Qing army to wipe out Xie Qian's troops. Of course, that was when the main force of the Qing army was already distributed in the south. Although the Qing army now has more troops in Shandong than in history, if external forces intervene, it is not impossible for Xie Qian's rebel army to be dragged for several years.

At present, the Qing army occupied only three provinces. If Xie Qiandi rebels had not yet been wiped out when they counterattacked, it would be enough to seriously damage the Qing army's vitality. Thinking of this, Wang Fu hurriedly said to the left and right: "Get the map."

Several eunuchs took a huge map over. Wang Fu's hand was lightly located at the northern end of Qingzhou, very close to the sea. He could use a small boat to go straight to the county town along the river from the sea. Moreover, with Xie Xingdi's troops, it was not impossible to directly take down Le'an, which was close to the sea, and Lijin counties.

"Feng Aiqing, I have given you a task to contact Xie Qian's troops as quickly as possible to convey my will. The court has not forgotten these people who fell into the iron hoof of the Tartars. If they are willing, the court can support their battle against the Tartars as much as possible."

"I am obeying the order." Feng Kezong hesitated for a moment and said, "Emperor, although Xie Qian has slogans to expel the Tartars, there is also a way to eliminate violence and maintain good fortune in front of him. It is obviously a means of bandits and he is not respectful to the court at all. If the court supports them, will it become a big fuss in the future?"

Wang Fu laughed: "Your dear is too worried. I am not afraid of even breaking a rebellion. Why be afraid of a mere Xie Qian? The greater his territory, the better. I am afraid that he has no ambitions.\\\"

Feng Kezong was relieved. Indeed, although Chuang Ni was defeated by the Tartars, he had even broken the capital. After all, the emperor had traded with him, so how could he care about Xie Qian? However, he was puzzled and said, "The emperor is wise, Xie Qian is not as good as the bandits of Yulin. If there is Henan to borrow the road, how can the court provide support?"

Wang Fu smiled slightly: "Did Feng Aiqing forget the sea?"

"The sea." Feng Kezong was stunned and immediately reacted: "I understand. Now I'll go down and prepare. I'll take my leave." "Go."

After Feng Kezong went down, Wang Hai was stunned and relied on Dahai to provide support to Xie Qian's troops. It was easy to say that Gu Sanmazi's fleet could do it now. However, in this way, not only will the fleet bring a significant reduction in land and people, but Zheng Zhilong cannot be touched at this time, otherwise Gu Sanmazi's fleet would have to be retracted back to the river, otherwise Zheng Zhilong could easily destroy the fleet.

Perhaps this is an opportunity to test Zheng Zhilong's land. Of course, what is tested is not Zheng Zhilong's loyalty to the court, but how much awe Zheng Zhilong is at present. If Zheng Zhilong's ships ordered to provide supply and support to Xie Qian's troops, would Zheng Zhilong follow the order?\\\

After understanding this, Wang Fu breathed a sigh of relief. It would be fine if Zheng Zhilong was respectful, but he could tolerate him for a while and build the Ministry of Revenue Bank first. If Zheng Zhilong refused, it would be better to have a short pain than a long pain. He fought hard to eliminate Zheng Zhilong's power on land first if he was not at peace in the future.

At Nanjing Wharf, a large ship of several stories high slowly sailed towards the wharf. Two bright flags, one tall and one short, were inserted above the bow. The tall flag was embroidered with a large Ming character, and the short one was a Gu character. The surrounding ships saw the two flags avoiding each other, allowing the big ship to enter the port first.

This big ship was the boat of the pirate Gu Sanmazi in the past. Compared with Zheng Zhilong, Gu Sanmazi was undoubtedly just a small fish and shrimp. However, it is also famous in the Yangtze River. Who would not know that Gu Sanmazi thieves were also in Gu Sanmazi transformed into a guerrilla general in the Ming Dynasty. It was closely connected with the emperor's inner trough. Even if the Zheng family fleet saw it, they had to be polite. No matter who wanted to go to sea, other fleets had to pay hundreds to thousands of taels of ships to the Zheng family, only Gu Sanmazi's fleet was exempted from all the fleets.

Over the past year, Gu Sanmazi has been traveling around the sea and traveled to Japan several times. Not only did he transport the sulfur urgently needed by the court, but he also made a lot of money for the inner treasury. Although he could only keep 30% of it, it was enough to use it to raise a boat. He had already earned enough property in his early years and didn't care much about the money. The key was that he could get a family background, otherwise no matter how much money he had, he would have no life.

Although Gu Sanmazi felt it was worth it, especially when the Zheng family's fleet met them, Gu Sanmazi felt that he had made the right move in the game of surrendering to the court. However, when he heard about Yan Yingyuan's treatment, Gu Sanmazi could not help but drool. Yan Yingyuan is now the commander of the 50,000 Yulin Guards, and has been named Dingbei Bo and can be passed down to his descendants in the future.

But it is useless to envy him alone. Yan Yingyuan trained troops for half a year, followed the emperor's command to annihilate tens of thousands of Tartars' troops, and was not surprising. The title of Ming Dynasty was difficult to be granted to him to a harsh position. At that time, Taizu only appointed the third-class title, Gong, Hou, Bo. In addition to Taizu, Emperor Chengzu had a large-scale title, there were very few people who could be granted titles in later generations. However, in the chaotic times, the emperor obviously increased the gift of titles. If he could make great contributions, the ship docked, Gu Sanmazi jumped off the deck. His face was purple and his beard was wrapped in chaotic shape. He looked up at the sky. The golden sun shone straight down and couldn't help but shout: "Hot, it's so hot."

One of the followers said, "General, brothers have not been ashore for several months. You must go to the best brothel in the city at night. Take a shower first and no matter how hot you are, you must hold a bitch and fuck it hard."

The words of the follower immediately caused a burst of laughter. Gu Sanmazi glared at his follower: "I know that I think about good things. If I don't control the goods on the ship, no one will think of entering the city."

"Don't worry, it takes less than an hour to guarantee this guy, so I can control all of them. Sir, you see, aren't the officials from the Ministry of Works coming?"

This ship is mostly equipped with materials, copper, sulfur, ore, etc. needed by the Ministry of Industry. All the goods are just handed over to officials of the Ministry of Industry.

Not only the officials of the Ministry of Works, but also an eunuch followed behind him. Seeing Gu Sanmazi, the eunuch shouted in a sharp voice: "Under the imperial edict, Gu San, the guerrilla general, received the imperial edict."

Gu Sanmazi and his group knelt down quickly: "Long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"

"In accordance with the heavens, the emperor ordered: "Prevent the guerrillas in Xuanhai, Gu San will enter the palace immediately, and there must be no delays, and the imperial edict!" The eunuch finished reading the imperial edict in a few words and said with a smile: "General Gu, thank you."

"I thank the Lord for your kindness, long live my emperor! Long live my emperor! Long live my life!" After Xie Encamp, he got up. The emperor's imperial edict was very simple, but he was a little confused: "Duce, the emperor is so anxious to enter the palace. What is the important thing?"

"We don't know about this." The eunuch shook his head and said.

Gu Sanmazi patted his head, took out a ingot of silver from his arms and stuffed it into the eunuch's hand. The eunuch pushed it several times before accepting it: "General Gu, I'm really sorry. Our family really doesn't know it, but the emperor has been very happy these days. It's not a bad thing to summon the general so urgently. In addition to the general, the emperor also sent someone to issue an order to Zheng Hongkui, the Minister of Jiangfang, which was probably about something at sea."

After hearing what the eunuch said, Gu Sanmazi felt at a loss. He gave a few instructions casually, threw the entire ship of supplies to his subordinates, and took more than ten guards on their backs and ran towards the city.
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