Emperor Zhengde

Before Zhengde, the Ming Dynasty's Shipping Department did not collect taxes. Since the implementation of points drawing during the Zhengde period, taxation in the true sense has been established. The draw of points for Zhengde began in the third year of Zhengde, initiated by Wu Ting, the Right Chief Minister of Guangdong, and the method of drawing two out of ten was first implemented. In the fourth year of Zhengde's reign, Chen Jing, the imperial censor of the capital, proposed changing the number to three out of ten. In the twelfth year of Zhengde, Wu Tingju and Chen Jin jointly proposed to change it to two out of ten. Since then, it has stabilized and has not changed. Emperor Zhengde himself also encouraged overseas trade, and once issued a clear edict: "Every barbarian pays tribute, and since it is allowed to hold private goods for a while, it is better to obey the wishes of distant people, and not to be too defensive, which will hurt their desire to change." Since Zhengde implemented the draw points, private maritime trade has developed tremendously. In addition, the past practice of the court "offering prices" with prices several times higher than the value of the tributes has been changed. Professional intermediaries, namely "yaren", evaluate the value of the goods and then conduct trade. This reasonable exchange of equal value makes private trade more formal. However, in the early Jiajing period, the imperial court issued a strict maritime ban, which severely affected local trade, and the phenomenon of maritime smuggling became more and more serious. Including the Portuguese who first came to China, because they could not obtain official channels, they also joined the smuggling fleet to trade, and later gradually rented Macau. Seven or eight years after the sea ban was promulgated, the Guangzhou area suffered serious economic losses. Market and trade were cut off, and the military and civilians were stranded. Therefore, in the eighth year of Jiajing period, some knowledgeable people strongly advocated the reintroduction of points drawing. Although the ban was relaxed, Guangzhou's trade did not return to the level of the Zhengde period for a long time. Regarding the act of renting and occupying Macau, some people asked local official Wang Bai to accept bribes. In fact, without the emperor's permission, he would not have dared to rent the island even if he had the courage to do so. The real situation is that Emperor Jiajing acquiesced to the Portuguese occupation of Macau as a trading base in order to obtain ambergris for monastic purposes. On the one hand, he imposed a strict sea ban for his own purposes, but on the other hand, he allowed the barbarians to rent and occupy the land for his own selfish purposes. This is the true portrayal of Emperor Jiajing. Jiajing's maritime ban not only destroyed the development of private maritime trade, but also seriously affected the normal exchanges between foreign tribute envoys and the Ming Dynasty. Countries in the South China Sea such as Annam, Champa, and Chenla were originally vassals of the Ming Dynasty. They paid tribute regularly before Jiajing. They did not pay tribute once in the forty-five years of Jiajing. Siam only paid tribute once in the fifth year of Jiajing. After that, they would have to wait until the Wanli period.

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Oh my god, I had a conflict with the minister, so I ordered the eunuch to assassinate the minister. This kind of person became the emperor of a country with internal and external troubles and could not subdue the country. He is worthy of being a time traveler and a man of destiny.

No matter how eunuch I am, I will never read your book again 😆

Chapter 20 directly persuades people to quit. An emperor preaches about crying poverty in front of the people. Haha, you are really good at writing. You still can't figure out the difference between ancient times and modern times.

Almost all the novels written in the Ming Dynasty basically follow the style of the Qing Dynasty, and they continue to oppose the Qing Dynasty. I don't know what the purpose is.

If I were writing a novel, I would rather build the country from the outside and follow the example of the Eight-Power Allied Forces to open our country and force them to evolve, rather than reform internally on my own. This is reality. Ancient intellectuals were all Confucian, and domestic reforms would not work at all. It was too taken for granted. . It is better to open it yourself from the outside than to be opened by a foreigner.

Holding grass, as an emperor, he uses explosives to assassinate his ministers? How did the author come up with his idea?

A crown prince cried and made a fuss after his father died, telling eighteen women to commit suicide. You give people reasons to destroy you! Three cabinet ministers killed Hongzhi. The four of them were the most cooperative monarchs and ministers in the Ming Dynasty, right? Are you as cowardly as Zhengde? I thought I was going to die by your side tomorrow.

This book is poisonous, extremely poisonous. When I saw the fourth picture, I really couldn't stand it anymore, especially when his father had just died and he was looking for a dozen beauties. Are you testing the minister's IQ? You are testing the reader's IQ, just write like this. Just write slowly. I'll take my leave. No need to give it away.