Chapter 403
My Life Simulator Chapter 403
2021-10-14
Chapter 402 Above the sea, I have the final sayTime goes by, and soon the end of the year will come.
The 41st year of Jiajing is about to pass.
A lot has happened this year. The Tatar pirates in the north and the Japanese pirates in the south were a disaster. The old Yan Ge fell, and the old Xu came to the throne. The officialdom was shaken.
However... what should have been a very difficult year turned out to be very smooth and peaceful, giving people a feeling that the sea is clean and the world is peaceful.
The Tatars were blown up by Huating Hou in the first battle. Now they have died down, and they dare not let the atmosphere out. Even the herdsmen dare not approach the place ten miles away from the Great Wall.
The Japanese pirates in the south were swept up by Huating Hou from north to south, and they were driven out of the Southern Sea and did not dare to go north at all. Since August, the capitals along the coast of Daming have never had any Japanese outbreaks.
The "southern Japanese and northern captives" who once plagued the Jiajing Dynasty for several decades now don't exist anymore!
For a while, whole world at peace was fine. This makes the officials of the Imperial court a little not used to it!
Hairui's pilot work on high-yield crops in Henan Province has also achieved great success.
High-yielding crops such as corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and wheat have achieved an amazing harvest.
All kinds of crops add up, the autumn harvest in Henan Province produces a total of 34 million grains!
This is more than ten times higher than the previous year's grain output!
If this data hadn't been reported by Hai Rui News, no one would have believed it!
With so much grain, not only is there no fear of famine in Henan Province, but also the autumn grains collected by Imperial Court from Henan Province have filled countless warehouses.
The guards in southern Zhili under the rule of Lu Li also had a great harvest. In addition to ensuring the rations of the soldiers and civilians under his command, he also handed over countless grains to the court.
Adding up the two sides, and adding the autumn grains collected from all over the country, the Minister of Household Affairs found that the Ming treasury was actually full of grain.
I have food in my hands and don't panic.
Drought in Shaanxi Province? How much food do you want? Is a million stone enough? If it's not enough, I'll give you two million stones!
Hai Rui returned to Beijing to face Saint, memorial report on the promotion of high-yield crops in Henan Province, and made a statement to Emperor Jiajing: Once high-yield crops are promoted nationwide, the people of the world will no longer have to worry about famine!
The Jiajing Emperor was overjoyed: what happened to Laozi's cultivation? What's wrong with Lao Tzu's ignoring the government? The country has no frontier troubles, and the people have no fear of famine. Who can do it?
What about the Qin Emperor and Han Wu? How about Tang Sect Song Zu? Who can do it? stand out!
I didn't do anything, I became an emperor through the ages! This is destiny!
With joy in my heart, Emperor Jiajing issued a decree: Hai Rui was promoted to the Minister of the Household, in charge of the promotion of high-yield crops across the country.
There is no objection to this will in the Imperial court. One is that Hai Rui's character is too strong, and the other is that the output of Hai Rui's promotion of high-yield crops in Henan Province is too scary. Even if there were people who were envious and jealous of Hai Rui, they wouldn't dare to gossip.
Hai Rui took office and made a detailed high-yield crop promotion plan based on the various agricultural knowledge he learned in Lu Family Village and his experience in promoting high-yield crops in Henan Province. .
In all parts of the north, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and wheat are the main crops. The Jiangnan water towns are mainly rice. In other hilly and mountainous areas, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other crops are also widely grown.
The original northern part of the Ming Dynasty was actually in short supply of grain, and mainly depended on the south to transport grain in to supplement the shortage of grain production in the north.
Nowadays, after the comprehensive promotion of high-yield crops, there is no shortage of grain in the north at all. There will be no shortage of food all over the South.
As long as high-yield crops are widely planted across the country next year, there will be no fear of famine in Ming Dynasty.
These high-yielding crops are all made by Lu Li.
The Jiajing Emperor did not forget Lu Li either. Isn't there no more Japanese pirates in the south? Then give him another general title.
As a result, Lu Li's Hussar General was titled, and he was promoted to Level 1 again, titled "General of the Zhu Kingdom". Then... Jiajing sent dozens of palace maids and girls.
The title of General Zhuguo is quite good, only Level 3 away from Great General of Shangzhuguo. But... what does it mean to send a girl again? What's wrong with being single? Have you eaten your white rice?
Lu Li couldn't help rolling his eyes after receiving the imperial edict.
At the end of the year, Lu Li did not return to Songjiang Prefecture, but built a "Southern Sea Governor's Yamen" in Guangzhou Prefecture City, where he sat in the Southern Sea and handled various military affairs.
Since the construction of the Keelung Harbor Naval Base on Bay Island in August, Lu Li has been operating in multi-threaded operations in the past four months, and the construction of various naval bases has basically begun to take shape.
The Qiongzhou Base, the Bay Island Base, the Ryukyu Base, the Jeju Island Base, the Northern Sea Dao Foundation Base, and the Jinshan Port Base of the headquarters have all been completed one after another.
In addition to the key development of the Bay Island base, where 50,000 Japanese pirates and 10,000 garrisoned troops were arranged, all other bases were only stationed with 5,000 garrison troops, and more than 10,000 soldiers were collected from coastal states. refugees.
Captives and refugees were responsible for industrial and agricultural production, while garrisoned troops maintained order. In the future, we will continue to emigrate, carry out overseas colonization, and strengthen base construction.
At this moment, a large amount of coal, ammunition and various supplies are hoarded in various bases. As a result, the fleet under Lu Li can obtain supplies at various bases, and the voyage is greatly improved.
By the end of the year, Lu Li's fleet had expanded further.
The third batch of destroyers built by Zheng Yuan has been completed. The number of destroyers in this batch reached thirty.
Nowadays, the destroyers under Lu Li's command have soared to fifty-three battleships.
So, Lu Li divided his fleet into three parts: Northern Sea Fleet, Eastern Sea Fleet and Southern Sea Fleet.
The Northern Sea Fleet has ten destroyers, five destroyers stationed at the Northern Sea Dao Foundation, and five destroyers stationed at Jeju Island, responsible for patrolling and protecting the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea and the borders around the Northern Sea.
The Eastern Sea Fleet has thirteen destroyers stationed at Jinshan Port Base, Ryukyu Base and Bay Island Base, responsible for maintaining maritime order around the Eastern Sea.
The remaining thirty destroyers, Lu Li, were all brought to the Southern Sea and assembled at the Qiongzhou Island base.
In front of this powerful and irresistible fleet, the coastal areas around Daming were peaceful and peaceful, and there was no longer any threat on the sea.
As a result, Daming's overseas trade has grown explosively.
The trade merchant ships to Japan and Goryeo, one after another, came in an endless stream.
Booming overseas trade is a good thing, but... Daming Imperial Court doesn't receive a penny in tax, which is not a good thing.
Lao Tzu worked so hard to pacify the sea and territory, but let you Da Ming worms make a lot of money, how can there be such a good thing?
Therefore, Lu Li made a petition to Emperor Jiajing, asking for a Ministry of Shipping Industry. In Songjiang Prefecture, Ningbo Prefecture, Quanzhou Prefecture and Guangzhou Prefecture, the Ministry of Shipping Industry was established to oversee overseas trade.
All in all, a word "tax"!
When this memorial was passed to the court, a stone suddenly stirred up a thousand waves, and the officials of the court were in an uproar.
In this day and age, among the officials, eunuchs and gentry of the Ming Dynasty, those who do not engage in maritime trade may only be individual officials like Hai Rui.
How dare Lu Li propose a "tax"? Isn't this robbing meat in our rice bowl?
Really impossible!
For a while, Lu Li was like a rat crossing the street, everyone shouting and beating. The memorials to impeach Lu Li are as numerous as snowflakes.
The prohibition of the sea is the law of the ancestors, and Lu Li's false statement to open the sea is a great treason.
This statement is not bad. More officials, like mad dogs, caught Lu Li and squirted wildly.
What is "self-respect for the troops", what is "naturally rebellious", and what "rebels are known to everyone." There is even an impeachment against Lu Li for "calling hundreds of prostitutes and promiscuous with the soldiers under his command in the military camp. It's lewd and lawless, and the scenes are unbearable to look at" and so on.
It's a rumor! Isn't it just how you want to spray it?
The Emperor Jiajing was not stupid, but a rare intelligent person with high IQ. How could he not know what was going on?
Lu Li set up the memorial of the Ministry of Shipping Industry, poked the hornet's nest, and made these officials madly counterattack and bite.
It's just...for the Emperor Jiajing, what was the most important thing? Cultivation is the most important thing.
It's so noisy that Laozi's cultivation is not quiet, and he's doing a fart!
As a result, Emperor Jiajing issued a decree to reprimand Lu Li, and the proposal to set up the Ministry of Shipping Industry was naturally voided.
As a result, the hall will be quiet immediately.
Lu Li received the decree of reprimand, slightly frowned, with a cold and severe look in his eyes.
Dare to fight against Lao Tzu? I'm afraid you don't know who has the final say at sea?
Lu Li immediately ordered that the Northern Sea Fleet, the Eastern Sea Fleet and the Southern Sea Fleet, the entire army set off to patrol the sea frontier, any sea-going ship would be intercepted, and no sails would go out to sea, and those who dared to resist would be sunk immediately!
Didn't you tell Lao Tzu "the way of the ancestors"?
Well, the ancestor's law is "a piece of sail cannot go out to sea". This law must be strictly enforced.
The sea prohibition order was issued, and the three major fleets attacked across the board to intercept any ships that dared to go to sea.
From the Northern Sea to the Southern Sea, countless merchants and thousands of ships in the coastal areas of Daming were all blocked by Lu Li's sharp cannons.
No one resisted either.
There are always some guys who think that they are big and that no one dares to mess with, who want to challenge Lu Li's maritime hegemony.
For example... Songjiang Xu Family.
As the leader of Qingliu, Xu Ge was the first assistant of the dynasty, and there was no liu at home at all.
The Xu Family owns 240,000 mu of fertile land, grows silk and hemp extensively, and runs numerous silk workshops. It is now the largest maritime merchant in the southeast, no one.
After Lu Li's ban on the sea was issued, countless sea merchants were chased back by strong ships and cannons, but... The Xu Family is not afraid of Lu Li.
Dong Dynasty Shoufu, learn about it.
You Lu Li a trifling general, what are you doing against the first assistant of the current dynasty? Don't even dare to borrow your courage!
So, the Xu Family organized a huge fleet, the grandiose sailed out of Songjiang Prefecture, moved towards the direction of the Japanese country and sailed out to sea.
In today's Ming Dynasty, the main target of overseas trade in the Eastern Sea area was the Japanese country.
Overseas trade in the direction of Nanyang includes Annan, Siam, and even the grape ducks and Spanish ducks of Malacca.
Xu Family's fleet went to sea, and it also led to countless maritime merchants from Su and Song prefectures to follow.
All of a sudden, a huge fleet with hundreds of ships, the grandiose sailed into the ocean.
And then...the Northern Sea fleet sailing out of Jeju Island got stuck on the Eastern Sea.
"Fleet ahead, please pay attention, this is the Northern Sea fleet of Daming."
The destroyer stopped in front of the fleet, and the fleet officer moved towards the fleet through a huge bronze megaphone and shouted: " According to the sea ban, it is illegal for your fleet to go to sea. Please lower your sails and stop the ship immediately!"
The five destroyers lined up, and the voices in the megaphone kept ringing.
However... the Xu Family's head is very strong, and they don't take this fleet seriously at all.
In the Ming Dynasty, Xu Ge, my family, had the final say, you bastards are nothing!
"Hang up the Xu family flag to show your identity."
A Xu Family manager was coldly snorted, "Just hit it and see which one of them dares to stop it!"
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The flag with the word Xu was raised high, and the fleet of the Xu Family led the following ships, moved towards the destroyer intercepted in front, and rushed over, without any scruples at all, and was extremely domineering.
"Fire warning!"
At the command of the general, the five destroyers fired a salvo in front of the fleet.
Intensive shells hit the sea, blowing up huge columns of water. The splashes even fell on the leading Xu Family ship.
"They fired, what should I do?"
On the Xu Family ship, the crew members shuddered.
"It's just a pretence, they don't dare to actually do it!"
The Xu Family manager looked disdainful, "In today's Ming Dynasty, who would dare to offend our Xu Family? Continue Move forward!"
The artillery warning was ineffective, and fleet rushed forward arrogantly.
On the destroyer, the commander of the squadron held up the telescope and saw this scene, his face turned cold.
"These worms are really arrogant and despotic!"
The squadron commander coldly snorted, waved and ordered: "Follow the fire and sink the fleet leader!"
At one order, the five destroyers were in battle formation, broadside guns aimed at the fleet leader.
"Boom!"
There was an earth-shattering explosion, and the dense shells slammed heavily on Fleet's first ship, instantly blowing the ship into pieces!
"Ah... how dare you? How dare you?"
Seeing this scene, everyone in the Xu Family fleet, and the other marine merchants who followed, were startled one by one. call.
"Lower the sails, stop the ship. Otherwise, sink them all!"
In the megaphone on the destroyer, a cold warning sounded again.
This time, no one will fight back.
A ship has already been sunk, and if you dare to resist, it will only be a matter of firing a few more shots.
In this case, the Xu Family fleet and the following maritime merchants could only return obediently and honestly under the escort of the destroyer.
After this battle, no sea-going ships dared to go out to sea again in the Daming Sea Territory.
There was a direct conflict between Huating Hou and Xu Ge Lao, and everyone was waiting for the final result.
Lu Li received a report that he saw the Northern Sea fleet sinking a Xu Family ship, just curl one's lip and didn't take it seriously.
At sea, I have the final say! This is sea hegemony!
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The capital.
Xu Ge Lao received a letter from the Xu Family, learned about the fleet under Lu Li, sunk a Xu Family ship, and blocked all the fleets back to the port.
Xu Ge is so old-fashioned complexion ashen, but he is helpless!
Because...Lu Li also proudly submitted a memorial, and submitted to the court a work summary of "strictly implementing the ancestor's law, cleaning up the sea frontier, and ensuring that the sails will not go into the sea".
This is a dignified teacher, this is absolute strength.
This is a clear way to tell everyone that whoever doesn't pay taxes, don't even think about doing business.
(end of this chapter)