Chapter 115 I want the right to trade at sea
The Six Ministries of Daning hold real power, rather than being like San Gong, who has a high status but does not have much real power.
However, among the six ministries, four of them are peace parties, including the extremely important officials, punishments, and households.
Although the Ministry of Rites is relatively unimportant, it also represents the face of the Daning Dynasty. Its importance in external affairs is undoubted, and Daning often needs to deal with the outside world.
Therefore, the Ministry of Rites basically acted as an accomplice of the peace faction, and many decisions that resulted in the loss of power and humiliation of the country began with the Ministry of Rites.
Even now that Lu Changjing has captured Jin Longyu, the Minister of Household Affairs, there are still three ministers belonging to the peace faction. Although they cannot be said to be able to cover the sky with one hand, they can still be regarded as a behemoth.
In the follow-up, we must find ways to continue to weaken the strength of the peace faction. Lu Changjing does not want to be a weak emperor, like Ning Tianbao and Ning Zhongyu, who are bullied by the surrounding barbarians, indigenous people, dynasties, and dynasties like Sun Tzu.
Even if his strength has not yet grown, he cannot do such a thing.
After the issue of the Ying tribe's natives invading the coast was resolved, all the subsequent minor matters were basically handled directly by Lu Changjing without any delay.
Such a straightforward and neat acting style once again surprised the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, but compared to what they had experienced before, this was nothing.
"Retreat!"
Seeing that there was nothing left to discuss, Lu Changjing immediately withdrew from the court without wasting everyone's time.
Until Lu Changjing left for a long time, many courtiers still couldn't react.
"Your Majesty has really changed, much more than before."
"Isn't it better to have changed? This is not better than being submissive before. I like your Majesty like this."
"It turns out that the mountain barbarian tribe is not an exception, but the mountain barbarian tribe still helped those barbarians after all. Unlike this time, he actually wanted to go to war directly with the smelly tribe natives. Your Majesty, this time is amazing."
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Different from the neutral faction and the war faction, the peace faction had a sad face.
"Your Majesty, are you crazy? You just started a war with the Blood Barbarians a while ago, and now you are going to war with the Ying Clan. Are you afraid that our Daning Dynasty will not have many enemies?"
"The peace and national policy left by the late emperor will be destroyed by your majesty. We must find a way to persuade your majesty."
"The royal secret treasury and the treasury are empty. How can we, Daning, afford a war? Your Majesty is confused."
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Although he has mastered the real power of the court, it will still take some time to make the people below him obey him honestly.
Not to mention anything else, the peace faction that has gone through two dynasties is the biggest obstacle at present.
Could it be possible to find an opportunity to enslave all the leaders of the peace faction? Lu Changjing had this idea in his mind, and he felt more and more feasible.
After all, he didn't want to waste time on subduing these guys. The crimes they had committed before were not worth Lu Changjing's time to waste on them.
It would be better to just capture them just like Jin Longyu and Cao Wenzheng, and then chop them all down when they are no longer of use value, and use them to commemorate the millions of Daning people who were killed by them.
In recent years, the peace party has not hesitated to make deals with barbarians, indigenous people, surrounding countries, and monsters and monsters for their own selfish purposes. Although most of the resources and treasures obtained from the transactions have gone to Ning Tianbao and Ning Zhongyu, these guys The harvest is also quite rich.
They were selling out the common people of the Daning Dynasty in exchange for their own position and resources, and there would be nothing wrong even if they killed them all.
After returning to the imperial study, Lu Changjing immediately sent another secret letter to Qi Pinghai of Donghai Mansion, who was also the first person to fight against the Ying bandits.
Although the Ping Haijun led by him is not well-known, even Cao Wenzheng knows that it is definitely a powerful maritime force and the only legion that can fight against the Ying Kou.
If it hadn't been for the suppression of the two emperors in recent years, Ping Haijun would have defeated the Ying bandits long ago and would not dare to invade the Daning Dynasty again.
Unfortunately, Ning Tianbao and Ning Zhongyu's bones are too soft. Even if they know that Ping Haijun is strong, they are very sure that they can defeat Ying Kou.
But for the sake of his own practice, he didn't want any accidents to happen, so he kept suppressing Qi Pinghai and his Ping Haijun.
Even under such circumstances, Qi Pinghai quietly established the Qi Family Gang, and with the power of a mere gang, he was able to contain the invasion of the Ying bandits. One can imagine how powerful this person is.
So as long as Lu Changjing gives him enough power and trust, Palace Master Qi will definitely not let him down.
In this confidential letter, Lu Changjing mainly elaborated on three things.
The first is that the attitude of the Daning Dynasty towards the Ying bandits in the future will no longer be based on gentleness, but on iron-bloodedness. They will eliminate the Ying bandits as much as possible, or capture them all as slaves to mine for the Daning Dynasty. Build walls.
The second is that although the court did not provide support on the surface, secretly Tan's Trading Company would provide them with a large amount of money and food so that they did not have to worry about material issues.
The third is to ask Qi Pinghai to win as much trade rights in the East China Sea as possible, and then fully develop maritime trade. 10% of the resources and wealth earned can be given to the East China Sea Government, and the rest belongs to him.
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Yes, in addition to taking revenge on the Ying Kou, Lu Changjing's most important concern was the trading rights in the East China Sea.
Lu Changjing, who traveled through time, knew how profitable maritime trade was. However, neither Daning nor the Ying bandits made good use of the East China Sea. If not, the Ying bandits would not have been eyeing the villages and towns in the coastal area of Daning.
If the maritime trade can be developed, the slight profit will far exceed the resources and wealth brought by the plunder. In the final analysis, these natives are too narrow-minded.
Since there is such a good opportunity in front of Lu Changjing, Lu Changjing will not let it go easily. Of course, he must take over the trade rights of Donghai.
As the largest area bordering the East China Sea, Donghai Prefecture is naturally Lu Changjing's focus. It just so happens that the Pinghai Navy here is strong enough to serve as a backing for maritime trade.
After writing this secret letter, he stamped it with the jade seal and immediately sent it to Donghai Prefecture.
The speed at which this secret letter arrived at Donghai Prefecture was even faster than the speed of the imperial edict.
After receiving this secret letter, Qi Pinghai's face changed. Could it be that the Qi Family Gang's affairs were exposed, so His Majesty sent a secret letter to warn and reprimand him, asking him not to fight against the Yingkou again.
If this is the case, what should the people in the coastal areas do, and what should they do in Donghai Prefecture? They can't just let the Yingkou wreak havoc all the time. Over time, Donghai Prefecture will be finished.
With a nervous mood, Qi Pinghai carefully opened the secret letter. After confirming that it was indeed a secret letter from His Majesty the Emperor, he looked at the contents inside.
