When he arrived in Wenhua Hall, Zhu Youjian prepared to persuade the cabinet to pass the constitution to expand the maritime trade as soon as possible.

Just entering the hall, Zhu Youjian looked around and frowned slightly, "Where is Qian Qianyi? Why is he not in the hall?"

Huang Liji said: "Your Majesty, we don't know why Qian Qianyi is defecting to this cabinet meeting today, but I have sent someone to urge Qian Qianyi to come and hold the meeting."

Zhu Youjian felt an ominous premonition when he heard this, but he did not think deeply. He just waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about Qian Qianyi for now. What do you think about the court's policy of expanding sea trade?"

Huang Liji carefully considered the sentence and tactfully advised: "Your Majesty, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty is now empty, expanding sea trade can increase the treasury revenue and slightly alleviate the financial crisis of the Ming Dynasty. This move is very necessary, and we have no objection.

However, the court opened the five major ports at one time and did not limit the number of ships. It may lead to chaos for a while, which is not conducive to the management of the court.

It is better to use Quanzhou port as a pilot first and limit a certain number. Uh... 30 ships can be issued temporarily to sea merchants to engage in maritime trade. This is a safe plan, and all officials will not strongly oppose it."

Shi Fenglai also agreed with Huang Liji's opinion and agreed: "The Chief Supervisor's opinion is still a matter of a successful country's policy. Now the opposition of officials is rising and falling, because the policy of opening the sea is too radical. If Quanzhou Port is used as a pilot project for opening the sea, it is believed that all officials will be more likely to accept it."

The other cabinet ministers did not realize that the Ming Dynasty reform had reached an urgent point, and they all believed that Huang Liji's slow plan was more stable, and they all agreed with Huang Liji's opinion.

However, Zhu Youjian interrupted the harmony of the cabinet ministers and interrupted coldly: "I convened this cabinet meeting to ask you to pass the expansion of the maritime trade charter, and not to deny my maritime expansion policy.

When it comes to pilot projects, the five major ports that have been opened this time are the first batch of pilot ports. After the five major ports take effect, I will open more than ten port cities in the next batch, making maritime trade one of the main inputs of the Ming Dynasty treasury.

In short, the annual income of the Ming Dynasty's maritime trade is only more than 100,000 taels, which I cannot accept. My policy of opening the sea will only be more open and bold, rather than being like a woman with little feet who can't move, with little hands and feet staggering, and dare not step beyond the line.

I have told you a long time ago that the Ming Dynasty is now terminally ill, and it is necessary to save the Ming Dynasty. Any policy that is conducive to reversing the situation in the Ming Dynasty can be boldly tried. You might as well be more courageous and have a bigger step!"

Zhu Youjian's wake-up call immediately calmed down the cabinet ministers. Although they always felt that the emperor was too alarmist, the crisis of the Ming Dynasty was not as serious as the emperor said.

But the emperor always kept emphasizing the crisis of the Ming Dynasty in their ears. He said it a thousand times, but it still touched the cabinet ministers.

Moreover, through statistics from the lending and accounting method, the cabinet ministers finally had a relatively intuitive understanding of the financial crisis of the Ming Dynasty, believing that although the Ming Dynasty was not yet at its survival, it also felt that Daming had entered the end of the dynasty's rule. If it did not innovate and seek change, demise would inevitably become a foregone conclusion.

Seeing the thoughtful appearance of the cabinet ministers, Zhu Youjian knew that they had heard what he said, and said earnestly: "The drum needs to be a heavy hammer, and severe medicine needs to be used for severe cases. Maybe you think that the Ming Dynasty is only at the end of the dynasty at most. Even if it is about to perish, it will be a few decades later. You have already been buried, so what do you have to do with you?

However, even if you don’t think about yourself, you should think about your descendants. In my opinion, if the Ming Dynasty really wants to perish, thanks to the Ming Dynasty’s policy of using civil and military control, the one who destroyed the Ming Dynasty was definitely not the thief warlords, but the Jiannu who rose outside the pass.

Once Jiannu entered the Central Plains and China, our descendants of Han people will reenact the story of the former Yuan Dynasty. They are all inferior slaves. The land left by their ancestors is free and cheap, and they become the hard-core crops of the Jiannu nobles. The beautiful wife and concubines that the descendants marry must be tasted by the Jiannu nobles before they can marry into the family.

If my predictions come true, although I and the royal family will die for the Ming Dynasty, you will be happy when you watch your descendants become Jiannu slaves in the nine springs, and you will have no choice but to live or die. "

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, all the ministers changed their colors. As scholars, they were of course familiar with the history of the former Yuan Dynasty. They were also very clear about the miserable situation of the Han people under the rule of the former Yuan Dynasty.

If the Emperor said, Jiannu replaced the Ming Dynasty, then the Han family might really re-enact the tragedy of the former Yuan Dynasty and become a slave of Jiannu!

The Chinese value of future generations is consistent. Huang Liji is over 60 years old, so he naturally has to plan for his descendants. After he figured this out, he immediately expressed his opinion: "I am willing to support Your Majesty's policy of expanding the sea, and I have no choice but to do so!"

As soon as Huang Liji spoke, the others looked at each other for a while, and expressed their opinions to Zhu Youjian, agreeing with Zhu Youjian's policy of expanding the sea.

But just as the monarch and ministers reached a consensus and were in a state of joy, Wang Chengen rushed into Wenhua Palace in panic and said in panic: "Your Majesty, something is wrong. Qian Qianyi led all officials to knock on the palace gate and make a big fuss, and..."

Zhu Youjian was furious when he heard this and shouted: "And what? I finished talking together!"

Wang Chengen said: "And there are hundreds of scholars coming from Yenching University to support Jing Cong, which is getting bigger and bigger."

"What did Xu Guangqi eat? I gave him Yanjing University, was he going to repay me like this?" Zhu Youjian was furious and didn't even care about Xu Guangqi, who had always been respectful, and scolded him sternly.

Wang Chengen tactfully reminded: "Your Majesty, Mr. Xu was infected with cold a few days ago and was bedridden. He had been unable to take matters for several days."

"call……"

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Youjian, who had realized that he had lost his composure, calmed down and began to issue an order to everyone: "Wang Cheng'en, immediately notify the Jinyiwei and block the palace gate. No one is allowed to enter and exit without my order.

Lu Jiude, you immediately lead the Four Guards to block the gates of Kyoto and implement martial law orders. No one in the city is allowed to go out for no reason, beware of chaos.

Wu Yingyuan ordered the Duke of England to enter the palace immediately and command the Beijing camp. If there is no order, no one will be allowed to mobilize a soldier or soldier in the Beijing camp."

"I will obey the order."

Everyone knew that it was the hottest momentum at this time, so they did not dare to neglect it. After receiving the order, they immediately took action.

Zhu Youjian looked at the white-faced cabinet ministers and said in a calm tone: "My parents, why not go out with me to see what kind of lord and fatherless people like Qian Qianyi want to do!"

"I will obey the order!"

Huang Liji and others knew that things had come to this point, so they could only stand on the side of the emperor. Otherwise, once Qian Qianyi and others succeeded in forcing the palace, they would be directly beaten to rebel by the Donglin Party members, and they would have to die and destroy the clan.
Chapter completed!