The ministers of the Qin Dynasty were shocked by the situation chart of the European continent hanging by the emperor.

Beyond the Qin Dynasty, there are so many countries, such large land, and such a vast world, so many countries that fight each other endlessly, and so many novel things, muskets, artillery, sea ships, words, books, and language.

There are some in the Qin Dynasty, and they also have them. To the extent of civilization, these people cannot be regarded as barbarians.

After the Renaissance, Europe took a number of modern literary and artistic brilliance, and their culture has made a significant leap.

Now they have different strengths and weaknesses with Chinese civilization. If China cannot work hard and catch up in order to lead in an all-round way, then when the mainstream of the world becomes steel and guns, Chinese civilization will be left behind.

The sea is the future of China.

The Qin Dynasty must occupy the absolute mainstream in the ocean!

This is Xiao Ruxun's irreversible will. Anyone who tries to hinder him will be eliminated by him with violence and will never be left behind.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to launch a land reform to completely destroy the landlord class in one place, and would take it into the hands of the entire country and local governments, so that the implementation of government orders would be smooth and that there would be no more restraints in the local area.

The ministers looked at the situation chart of the European continent and entered a new world that they had never heard of under Xiao Ruxun's explanation.

"This is the Spanish country, this is the Portuguese country. What we call Francis is actually the Portuguese. Now the Portuguese country has been annexed by the Spanish country.

That is, the Spanish country occupied Luzon and was defeated by me and the navy before. This is our joint focus, France and another Genoa country are in this position.

In addition to these three countries, there are also England and the Netherlands, here and here respectively. They are all countries with strong sea ship construction technology, and the strength of the navy is not inferior to our Great Qin.

With the main force of our Burmese Navy, only defeating one of its partial troops, while with the current Navy of Daqin, it is only the size of a Spanish country. There are other strong navy countries in the entire Europa continent.

The other is the bird gun. The bird gun was imitated by the Ming Dynasty from Spain and Portugal. Now, under my improvement, the bird guns of the Qin Dynasty are no longer inferior to the Europa, and there are also light-released flintlock guns that the Europa did not have, and the cannons are not as powerful as the Europa.

But this is now, that is to say, in the Ming Dynasty, decades ago, our sea ships and firearms technology had lagged behind the Europa, so that in the several firefights with the Europa, we defeated them with a numerical advantage and lost themselves above the others.

The military technology of the Europa is no longer as bright as before, and is almost the same as our Daqin. Regardless of population, we are just on an equal footing with them."

The facts told by the emperor personally have hit the officials with great blows.

"Flat...on the same?"

The most shocking thing was Ye Xianggao.

"Your Majesty's words, for... Can the Europa be on par with the Qin Dynasty?!"

"This is true in terms of military technology. In some aspects, such as arithmetic, astronomy, and sea ships, they are all above the Qin Dynasty. The reason why I want to trade with five ports is to bring the things they master back to the Qin Dynasty, promote, study, and surpass them in the Qin Dynasty."

Xiao Ruxun tells the facts calmly.

The officials looked at each other.

The dignity of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom really does not allow them to believe the authenticity of this matter, but the emperor's words are as good as a ruler, how can the monarch say jokes? They cannot believe that Xiao Ruxun is telling lies no matter what.

Moreover, Xiao Ruxun sent people to Europa and knew more about Europa than any of them, which was beyond doubt.

So although they were puzzled and shocked, they dared not disbelieve it.

The Europa people have indeed begun to threaten the majesty of the Celestial Kingdom.

"We still have each other's strengths and weaknesses now, but the Europas have already dared to drive ships and come to our noses to harass us. You can imagine how brave and greedy they are. If the Qin Dynasty does not wake up and improve itself immediately, it will be inevitable that it will be a complete backwardness. At that time, the Supreme People's Republic of China will be defeated, how panic will it be?"

Xiao Ruxun said it more seriously, and the elites of the Qin Dynasty were even more shocked by this.

"How could Daqin be defeated?"

Wang Xijue muttered to himself in surprise.

When Xiao Ruxun heard this, she was very dissatisfied with Wang Xijue's attitude.

"Old Wang Ge Lao, there is no way out for me to stick to the rules and stick to the rules. It is not good for us to be addicted to the impression of the Supreme Kingdom of the Heavenly Kingdom. It is time for the people of the Qin Dynasty to know what the world is and what the world is. Let everyone open their eyes and look at the sea. I believe they can see something different."

Xiao Ruxun made a comprehensive determination of this policy.

The six cabinet ministries were forced to pass the law immediately and then issue it to the local government for implementation, requiring the establishment of Maritime Departments in Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai and Qingdao, to set up transshipment envoys, to stipulate the tax ratio for doing business overseas, etc., to redefine commercial taxes, divide them according to the amount of a transaction, and to collect taxes of different amounts.

The emperor finally took the opportunity to attack the commercial tax.

But there are few people who raise objections.

There must have been some, but most of these people were invited to the Central Investigation Department for tea. It is conceivable who are the rest.

Either Xiao Ruxun’s old subordinates and newly promoted land reform officials, or insignificant minor officials, or tamed high-ranking officials.

Who can object?

Xiao Ruxun decided to focus on commercial taxation. The larger the transaction amount, the higher the profit, the more tax it will be. Whoever dares to evade taxes is not a simple prison disaster.

The extremely low commercial tax that Zhu Yuanzhang had set since the former Ming Dynasty was gone forever, and the emperor's orders were unstoppable.

Xiao Ruxun's heavy blow to further strengthen centralization began to attack.

Not only was the Maritime Bureau established to collect commercial taxes, but the Transportation Envoy was also set up in various places. The national taxes must be sent to the central government, and the central government will allocate local fiscal budgets. Zhu Yuanzhang's naive practice of leaving enough for himself and escorting the central government was abandoned by Xiao Ruxun.

Local financial and personnel powers are fully controlled by the central government, and military power is also controlled by the central government. Local civil servants have no military power, local garrisons do not listen to local officials' dispatch, local powers are completely weakened, and centralization is greatly enhanced.

Some people's most worried things finally happened, but they are unable to change anything.

Xiao Ruxun definitely wouldn't allow them to change anything.

Soon, Xiao Ruxun asked the Ministry of Revenue and the Cabinet to present the list of suitable Maritime Department's ward and transfer envoys and let him make a choice.

The responsibilities of the Maritime Warden Department and the Transport Commissioner are very important, and they are an important part of his realization of centralization and strengthening. The candidates must not be careless.
Chapter completed!