Zhu Cixiang knew that Zheng Sen's words were mostly true, because in the original history, the Zheng family had managed Taiwan as a base that could compete with the entire Qing Dynasty, and had been resisting it for forty years.

If he loses money every year, there is no need for Shi Lang to attack Taiwan, and he will lose money.

Although the Ming and Zheng Group finally lost to the huge Qing Dynasty, they also made the Qing Dynasty pay an unimaginable price, and this price even evolved into two cancers that were enough to destroy the Qing Dynasty!

One of the cancers is called moving borders and banning seas!

In history, in order to deal with the Zheng family on Taiwan Island, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty even resorted to moving the border and banning the sea, killing 100 enemies and injuring 3,000 himself. According to the records of the time, "the period of restraint was only three days, and those who were far away were not

He knew it, but those who were close to him knew it but did not believe it. After two days, the horses came and staggered for a while. The rich man abandoned his inheritance, and the poor man's husband was carrying a cauldron, and his wife was carrying a child, carrying a bucket of rice and a bunch of manuscripts, and looked at the door.

Habitat. From Jiangsu and Zhejiang, to Fujian and Guangdong, thousands of miles of fertile soil were donated as basil, and all the indigenous people moved away!"

In this disaster alone, hundreds of thousands of people in the southeast died!

Even Li Shutai, the second son of the great traitor Li Yongfang (who was already Ling Chi in this time and space), confessed in his posthumous letter: "I was in Guangdong first, and the people still had enough resources to survive. However, they died gradually due to the recent migration. In all likelihood, they will not survive.

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It is no exaggeration to say that the policy of moving borders and banning seas during the Kangxi period was another heavy blow to the economy of the southeastern coastal areas after the massacre policies in the southeast, Fujian and Guangdong. It also sealed off China most completely.

This kind of closure far exceeded the Ming Dynasty's seclusion policy. Because no matter how closed the Ming Dynasty was, it was impossible to clear out all the coastal areas. Considering the management capabilities of the feudal dynasty, as long as the coast was not cleared out, there was no way to really stop it.

Maritime traffic.

Therefore, the real maritime ban in the Ming Dynasty actually only ended from the large-scale voyage to the Western Sea (the existence of official voyages to the Western Sea cannot be regarded as a real maritime ban, otherwise Spain, which prohibited private overseas trade, would also be considered a maritime ban country) until the rise of Japanese pirates in Jiajing

, which only lasted for more than a hundred years. And the blockade was not reliable. Otherwise, where did those big Japanese pirates who exported to domestic sales during the Jiajing period come from?

The relocation and sea ban during the Kangxi period can be said to have truly cut off the channels of communication between China and foreign countries that had been very smooth in the late Ming Dynasty, and also closed the windows that allow one to view the world.

Later, in the face of the invasion of Western powers, an important reason why the Qing Dynasty made slow progress in various reforms and salvation was that the interruption was too long. Guangzhou may be an exception, but the Chinese people in other places, especially the ruling class, have been separated from the world for too long.

Even Fujian scholar-bureaucrats like Lin Zexu didn't know whether foreigners could bend their knees. You can imagine the Qing Dynasty's isolation, and the sequelae of moving borders and banning seas can also be imagined!

Another cancer is Hongmen! Although Hongmen was not necessarily founded by Zheng Chenggong, its birth is definitely related to Chen Yonghua and the Zheng Ming Group.

Mr. Zhongshan, who later led the Paiman Revolution and overthrew the Qing Dynasty, was also a Hongmen disciple! And many key members of the revolutionary party also had a Hongmen background.

Therefore, the Manchu Qing Dynasty really paid an extremely heavy price to destroy the Zheng family, a maritime business group!

The fact that the Zheng family can rely on small pieces of land on Taiwan Island and the coast of Fujian to fight against the Manchus to such an extent shows its outstanding capabilities. It also proves that the Zheng family is different from other bureaucratic, aristocratic and warlord groups in the late Ming Dynasty.

New political and business group!

You must know that after Taiwan was captured by the Qing Dynasty, the population count was only 120,000! Taking into account the Qing army's butchery, the Han population in Taiwan under the rule of the Zheng family was at most more than 200,000.

If the Zheng family were stronger, had more territory, and had a larger population, and the lives of the three generations of the Zheng family were longer, it is not certain whether the Zheng family would become China's Orange family!

And now the Zheng family is a Zheng family with greater strength, a larger population, more territory, and a longer life span for the head of the family!

The current Ming Dynasty is not just a big bourgeois family with industry and commerce as its economic foundation, but there are many similar big bourgeois families, and they are also concentrated in the eight southeastern provinces of Fujian, Guangdong and other eight provinces such as Four Rivers, Two Lakes, Fujian and Guangdong, which are the core of the Ming Dynasty today. On the land.

The leaders of these industrial and commercial families are undoubtedly the Zhu, Zheng, and Shen families!

It does not exist that Zhu and Wu shared the south of the Yangtze River, but it is obvious that Zhu, Zheng and Shen shared the south of the Yangtze River.

"Elder brother," Zhu Cixiang said with a smile, looking at Zheng Sen who had died of tropical infectious diseases in the original history but is still in good health (he, the Dongning Festival Commander, is based in Quanzhou and rarely goes to Taiwan), "Exchanging Ryukyu for Quanzhou is still a loss for your family. Since moving south, your family has contributed money and effort to the country. It is really the family of the first contributors to the ZTE. How can I treat my heroes so badly? Otherwise, Ryukyu will still return to Dongning.

In addition, I will grant your family another kingdom! Senior brother, where do you want it?"

When Zheng Sen heard that Emperor Zhu wanted to grant him a kingdom, he felt a little disappointed in his heart!

All the profitable feudal states have been taken over by people named Zhu. The remaining territories are mostly loss-making ones, and the Zheng family has to use money to fill the holes!

Moreover, the Zheng family is different from the Wu family. They are not feudal warlords. They only have a group of captains under their command. These are all businessmen, not warriors who only know how to kill people and keep rents. Therefore, it is difficult for them to occupy too many unprofitable territories. Taiwan has already given Lao Zheng’s family a headache!

"I wonder where your Majesty wants to seal this concubine's father and brother?" Zheng Chagu, who was accompanying me at the side, saw that the atmosphere was a bit awkward and immediately interjected.

Zhu Cixiang smiled: "We can't lose the meritorious service. How about finding a richer country of Sulu? The original Sultan of Sulu moved to Aceh, Sulu Island, nearby Palawan Island, and Sabah on Boni Island." The land is freed up, and it's just the right time to establish a principality."

Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Sen breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. This land is not profitable, but the compensation is not much. The Zheng family can still make a long-term investment.

The two father and son looked at each other, stood up and bowed and thanked each other.

Zhu Cixiang smiled and said: "Get up, this is what your Zheng family deserves. However, neither Old Taishan nor senior brother can go to Sulu to join the country. You have to stay in the capital to assist me."

Zhu Cihong gave the Sulu Kingdom to the Zheng family so that they could lose money. He did not want to send the Zheng family and his son out of the country. He used this method to weaken the Zheng family's financial resources and maintain the advantage of the royal consortium over the Zheng family consortium.

Emperor Zhu paused and then said: "Old Taishan is already old. You can choose one of the three divisions and three men to be my advisor. I plan to ask Shen Chongming from the Ministry of Husbandry to take over, and Shen Chongming's Ministry of Works will Give it to Senior Brother!

The Ministry of Industry used to be a money-making yamen, but under Shen Chongming's management, it has now become a money-making yamen. Now it is handed over to Senior Brother, so I can sit back and relax!"

Shen Chongming is Shen Tingyang, the second richest man in the Ming Dynasty! He was originally a loyal minister, and with Emperor Zhu as his Ming master, of course he could use it to his fullest. First he was in charge of the "Beihu Department" (actually the work of the Beiyang Minister, the Governor-General of Zhili), and later the Beiyang Minister The Ministry of Revenue was abolished and he became the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Zhu Cixang also placed all canals, official roads and mining affairs in various places in the province under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry.

In Shen Tingyang's new operation, canals and official roads can be "charged", and commercial markets can be opened along the way; mining can be contracted to collect taxes, or can be operated by the court itself; and there are also many ports and cities in some northern areas that belong to Industry of the Ministry of Works, so the Ministry of Works of the Ming Dynasty actually became a money-making yamen. Expenses for major projects such as river construction, road construction, miners, city and port construction within the direct province can all be met by the revenue of the Ministry of Works, and there are also surplus!
Chapter completed!