There is nothing else in the Ming Dynasty now, it’s just that there is a lot of money.

Since the revival of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yicheng has launched a large-scale maritime trade to encourage industry and commerce. With the prosperity of maritime trade, there are now factories everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the coastal areas, and various commodities are continuously sold out through the ocean, and what they bring back are ships of gold and silver.

While determining the national policy, Zhu Yicheng had long formulated new tax policies. The new policies have been extremely improved after continuous revisions over the years. More importantly, Zhu Yicheng activated Li Wei to conduct tax supervision and nationalized the local tax rights, thus further strengthening the central government's control over local areas.

In addition, the establishment and implementation of the State Taxation Department have greatly reduced tax evasion. Although the State Taxation Department doesn't sound very good, in fact, the State Taxation Department is extremely important among the various departments of the Ming Dynasty. Although the State Taxation Department belongs to the Ministry of Revenue, it is actually operated independently and is directly responsible to the emperor and the court.

The State Taxation Department not only presides over taxation, but also has the functions of a violent organization. The tax officers and tax officers of the State Taxation Department are composed of quasi-military. If there are local or individuals who dare to resist taxes, the State Taxation Department does not need to directly dispatch personnel to arrest them through the consent of the local governing department or even the departments, and will be sentenced to death based on the amount of tax evasion or trial, or a house is fined, or even directly executed by national laws.

Under such circumstances, the already good finance of the Ming Dynasty has reached a higher level in the past two years, and there are countless gold and silver flowing into the national treasury every day. It can be said that for five thousand years, the current Ming Dynasty is the richest among all dynasties, and even the Song Dynasty, which was originally known as rich, was far inferior.

Interests, both individuals and countries, are pursued by the goal. Western countries have joined forces to target the Ming Dynasty in private for the sake of interests. Zhu Yicheng knew this very well. Since he wanted to conquer some benefits, it would be easier for the Ming Dynasty to give up some benefits and even use money to buy them directly.

Just like the Ming Dynasty is now spending money directly on the Junggar Khanate and Lazang Khan, these local buns have never seen such a scene. When countless gold and silver treasures were piled in front of them, they just felt that their heart was almost about to jump out of their chest cavity, and even their breathing became much faster.

The nobles of the Junggar Khanate or the princes of the Lazang Khan, including the Khan, were all extremely greedy people. The gifts smashed by the Ming Dynasty made them smile, and at the same time, there was a thought that aroused the deep thought in their hearts, that was, they were sighing that the Ming Dynasty was really rich!

In addition to his feelings, he even said that if he could fight to the Ming Dynasty and plunder the Ming Dynasty, he might get more benefits. But this idea was dispelled. The Ming Dynasty was indeed rich, but the Ming Dynasty was very powerful. The Ming army was invincible in the world. Even the powerful Qing Dynasty was now beaten by the Ming Dynasty and was about to lie down completely.

Faced with such a powerful lord of the Central Plains, neither the Junggar Khan nor the Lazang Khan dared to have such thoughts. In addition to giving them so many good things, the Ming Dynasty also made some promises that surprised them, which made them even more close to the Ming Dynasty.

Although there are also clear-headed people among these princes and princes, they think that the Ming Dynasty did this with purpose, and nothing more than let them stand by and watch in the wars with the Ming and the Qing Dynasty.

In this regard, these people felt that the intention of the Ming Dynasty was definitely not that simple, and even had the intention of destroying Guo. Maybe after the Ming Dynasty killed the Qing Dynasty, they would turn around and clean them up. And the gifts they sent are at best temporarily stored in their warehouses. When they are finished cleaning up, these things are still from the Ming Dynasty.

I have to admit that there are many smart people in the world, and these people are almost certain to guess. However, the immediate interests often make people lose their minds. Coupled with the conclusive promises and the benefits seen by the Ming Dynasty, these few voices were still suppressed, making it easy for the Ming Dynasty to bribe the other party in this way.

In terms of diplomacy, the ministers of various countries cannot fully represent their national policies. In addition, the Ming Dynasty is too far from Europe, and the transmission of news has to be much slower. Therefore, the progress of the Ming Dynasty's diplomatic efforts in diplomacy is far less convenient than that of the Junggar Khanate and Lazang Khan. Everything we are doing now is just to do as much as possible.

While the Ming Dynasty was busy dealing with various affairs and responding to the dilemma, Xinming, far away from the ocean, was not very easy. The atmosphere of war in Xinming was getting more and more serious day by day. Although the two sides had not reached the point of getting fire, Wang Dong, as the governor of Xinming, had already smelled the smell of war.

Pingyi City, Xinming Governor's Office.

Wang Dong, the governor of Xinming, sat and talked with Zhu Yigui who had just arrived in Pingyi City. Both of them looked extremely solemn.

Two months ago, the French Empire, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, and even the original Ming ally Britain showed something wrong. In addition to further trade blockade against the Ming Dynasty, the mobilization of troops everywhere was also extremely obvious, which made Wang Dong feel the serious problem.

On the one hand, Wang Dong sent the situation back to the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, he suspended the work of establishing a province in Xinming. One of the most important tasks of Wang Dong after he took over the Governor of Xinming was to establish provinces in various places in Xinming and re-adjust the originally rough rule of Xinming, so that Xinming gradually formed a perfect structure like the local area.

Now, the work of setting up a province in Xinming has just begun, and only half of it has not been completed in terms of work progress. If everything goes well, the political structure of Xinming can be adjusted in at most two years, so as to complete all the work of setting up a province.

But the sudden situation now causes the Xinming Governor's Office to stop this work and transfer all its energy to the current sudden situation.

"The Spaniards have completely changed their faces now. The openings that were previously released are now closed. In the south, the Spaniards have explicitly prohibited the passage of our Ming merchants and even ordinary people. They have also dispatched many warships to block the southern waters." Zhu Yigui frowned and said, "He is the Admiral of Xinming. Although the navy does not belong to him, he is very familiar with the situation along the coast.

In addition, as the admiral of Xinming, Zhu Yigui is in charge of Xinming military affairs, and is particularly sensitive to the current grand atmosphere of the Xinming War.

"I have already received news from the Navy. The Xinming Fleet was just sent by it yesterday." Wang Dong sighed, with a melancholy expression: "It's not good! France and Spain have joined forces again, and this time they have brought the Netherlands and Portugal. Even the UK's attitude is extremely ambiguous. General Zhu, what is the current situation on the border?"

"Not really, I almost started a fight before I came, but I had no big trouble." Zhu Yigui said.

"Fight? What's going on?"

Zhu Yigui nodded and roughly told Wang Dong about the situation. A few days ago, the French patrol troops and the Ming patrol troops met in the area at the junction of Xinming and France. Due to the quarrel, the two sides had a small-scale conflict. Fortunately, the conflict was not big, and they did not use firearms and iron tools, and only had a "friendly" fight.
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