The palace at this time.

Zhu Houzhao was almost dying by the high-intensity political affairs that came one after another.

After the ministers who were discussing the matter left, he suddenly fell on the table like a bone.

Even the memorial that I just read was suppressed, I didn't care.

Emperor Hongzhi rubbed his tired eyebrows, looked at him like this, and rebuked: "What do you think? You need to sit down!"

Zhu Houzhao sat upright reluctantly and said, "Father, my son hasn't left the palace for a long time."

"Last time the cake shop opened, I didn't even go out."

"The mother went to see it and came back and said that the business was going to be good."

The repeated cycles of Emperor Hongzhi also made Emperor Hongzhi feel a little uncomfortable.

But as the king of a country, he can still bear it.

"Business is just a small matter."

"National affairs are not more important than those of your small businesses?"

Seeing that his father was so serious, Zhu Houzhao could only put away his lazy attitude and quickly pretended to be serious.

He smiled and said, "Of course, national affairs are more important, and my son has been helping with them, right?"

Emperor Hongzhi hummed softly, and finally felt a little satisfied with his attitude.

"Governing the country is not a joke. If you wait for you to succeed to the throne in the future, you will definitely be busier than you are now."

“But you can’t…”

When Zhu Houzhao saw that his father was about to start talking big truths, he quickly said, "Father, Father!"

Emperor Hongzhi stopped and looked at him.

Zhu Houzhao quickly said: "Although the disasters in various places this spring flooding are worse than in previous years, fortunately our court provides timely disaster relief."

"It's also a blessing."

Speaking of this, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but nod.

"However, this matter is thanks to Yongsimbe."

Emperor Hongzhi could not have imagined that he had summoned Yongxibo to the capital to help him in the future.

But I didn't expect that this man had helped him so much without even entering the court.

The honeycomb coal developed in winter, with the timely joining of the court, saved many people who were affected by the disaster.

This year, a large part of the money they used for disaster relief was earned by Zhao Ce.

"Releasing the sea ban..."

Emperor Hongzhi was also a little excited and said, "I didn't expect that this would be a good reward just by opening a small port."

After a winter of preparation, Fujian Maritime Manufacturing Corporation has fully prepared in advance.

Once the news of opening the sea was released, it attracted the crowd of sea merchants from all over the coast.

Among them, tax induction is the certificate of going out to sea, plus ship tax, price tax and additional taxes.

It was only a small-scale opening of the sea, but it was still at the stage where the maritime merchants were exploring it.

The taxes collected by the court were collected in total, and they received 30,000 taels of silver!

Thirty thousand taels may not seem much, but compared to the small place in the Shipbuilding Department, the profits earned are really unexpected.

When the ships going to sea come back, they can also collect a import tax.

This time, the sea tax obtained by opening a small sea can almost be comparable to the agricultural tax of a lower county in a year.

The 30,000 taels of silver just went to the Ministry of Revenue’s granaries before they were heated up, and they were taken to provide disaster relief together.

Moreover, among this batch of ships going to sea, the ships going to sea for trade in the name of the royal family are the big ones!

The money earned by these merchant ships will be directly entered into Emperor Hongzhi’s private warehouse!

When Emperor Hongzhi thought of the profits, he couldn't help but feel a little happy.

My body that has been tired for many days seems to be much more comfortable.

Zhu Houzhao also saw the memorial and said happily: "Father, since it is feasible to open the sea, we can open more ports."

"Will the maritime taxes recovered at that time be more?"

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head: "Don't advance aggressively."

"Now that the merchant ship has left the shore, we don't know what will happen later."

"Are you still waiting..."

As he was talking, a report suddenly came from outside.

"Your Majesty, I am waiting to report to Hanlin if you have something to do."

Emperor Hongzhi paused his words and said directly: "Transfer!"

After the waiter came in, after saluting, he said directly: "Your Majesty, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Lord Pan, has reported a war."

"Battle Report?"

Emperor Hongzhi said nervously: "Speak quickly."

"Mr. Pan reported that the Franc fleet, which arrived in the South China Sea of ​​Guangzhou Prefecture last year, requested tribute. After the New Year, he directly led the fleet to break through the interception of the Ming Navy and entered the Pearl River."

"My Ming Navy was dispatched to drive them away and ordered them to leave Guangzhou Prefecture."

"But these people don't obey."

"They instead bombarded Guangzhou Prefecture and occupied Tuen Mun Island, Dongguan County."

"Mr. Pan believes that this group of thieves may be threatening, so he requested to dispatch a navy to siege."

This group of Flang aircraft fleet arrived in the Nanhai Sea, Guangzhou Prefecture before the Chinese New Year.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty rejected their request to communicate with each other and even ordered them to be driven away.

However, after winter passed, the south began to warmer than the north.

Seeing that there was no hope of communicating with the Ming Dynasty, they intended to break in directly.

Their Ming Dynasty had no choice but to dispatch the navy and drive them out of Guangzhou Prefecture.

However, this group of people turned to occupy Tuen Mun Island in Dongguan County.

This is no longer a trivial matter of asking for tribute, it is considered an intruder.

If the troops were not sent out at this time, what would be the face of the Ming Dynasty?

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi frowned.

"The Navy..."

If everyone knows how much water the Ming navy has.

But this group of people could not have allowed them to come without summoning and directly occupy his Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Hongzhi directly issued an order to ask the eunuch Wei Jing and the general to send troops.

After saying that, Emperor Hongzhi's good mood, which had just gained some benefits from the opening of the sea ban, was suddenly diluted a lot.

Zhu Houzhao, who was standing beside him, looked at his expression and said with some concern: "Father, this matter is about Kaihai..."

Emperor Hongzhi sighed.

"After all, we're too anxious."

"There are not many Florida ships, and they are not enough to cause trouble."

"If this matter was put on the southeast coast, wouldn't the places in the eyes of Japanese pirates be even more tragic?"

Zhu Houzhao said weakly: "So Yongxibo said that if we make money, we have to buy weapons from those Folang Jimen..."

"When our weapons and navy reach their peak..."

Zhu Houzhao persuaded him and glanced at the Guanzhao Hanlin who was still standing in the hall.

He suddenly asked, "Is there anything I have to report?"

Emperor Hongzhi also came to his senses and realized that things were not over.

He asked, "What else do you have to report?"

The Attorney Hanlin quickly said, "Your Majesty, there is another matter that the governor of Fujian reported."

"It is reported that the fleet that went out to sea in the early spring encountered Japanese pirates who came from the ocean after winter."

"With the help of private private ships, the fleet assisted the official ships in several battles at sea, the fleet annihilated more than 20 Japanese pirates, and all Japanese pirate ships fled."

"After the fleet handled the Japanese pirates, it was able to move forward. It is estimated that it has arrived in Luzon now."

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Zhu Houzhao next to him.

Zhu Houzhao was also a little shocked.

"Father, you heard it right."

He said knowingly: "My fleet that went to sea in Ming Dynasty killed all the Japanese pirates!"

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Chapter completed!