After discussing the next improvements to the Guards in military training and combat, Zhu Youxiao discussed the matters about coastal defense with veterans who joined the Privy Council, the civil servants and officials who were called to the Privy Council by Zhu Youxiao, the admiral of the East Factory, the commander of the Jinyiwei, etc.

"According to the latest secret report obtained by the East Factory, Hong Chengchou, who had disappeared before, and Yang Sichang had indeed gone overseas. He and other gentry intending to rebel, preparing to train troops to plunder our Ming Dynasty in the future, and even seize the country!

In addition, it is reported that they still use the Mandarin duck formation to train soldiers, but the organization is relatively loose, and the firearms they use are mainly purchased from Hongmaofan's melee;

Also, it is reported that Yang Sichang proposed a strategy of four straights, six corners, and ten sides. Specifically, it was from Shuangyu, Ryukyu, Dongfan and Ryukyu as the main attack directions, while Hirado, Kagoshima, Manila, Borneo, Manraga, and Annan as the secondary attack directions."

Wei Zhongxian first reported the latest information obtained by the East Factory in accordance with Zhu Youxiao's requirements.

Because of the dispersed organization and no excessive attention was paid to the confidentiality measures, the reactionary gentry such as Yang Sichang had long been allowed to penetrate many undercover agents within it. Now, even Yang Sichang's latest strategy has been mastered by Zhu Youxiao and his ministers.

Xiong Tingbi said, "The firearms of Hongmao Fan have been purchased by Xiong Mingyu, and the Ministry of War has tested them, which is not as good as our flintlock rifle. The strategy of this traitor Yang Sichang sounds quite good, but in fact, it is a bit empty, and it is nothing more than a multi-way attack and a corresponding meaning. This Yang person is accurate to have a wide range of Daming seas and is not good at deploying defenses everywhere. But who said that the imperial navy must only guard the door of the house. In the eyes of the ministers, no matter how many ways they attack, we can only go all the way and conquer their nests!"

"But one thing is that once these rebels join forces with Japanese pirates in the future, pirates attack from the sea and plunder the coastal areas. Many gentry who have accepted the new policy of the court and cooperated with the reform will inevitably be affected. Many of these gentry families are officials in the court, and many are important officials of the court. This time, the new policy is implemented, they will urge the court to strengthen the coastal defense and prevent the navy from expedition and ask the navy to defend their home business for them. In this way, it will be difficult for the navy to eliminate the navy's pirates by attacking."

Chen Ce said at this time.

As a grand clan of Guangzhou Prefecture, he did not choose to let his family resist the court overseas because he was consistent with the emperor's interests. Instead, he asked his family to cooperate with the court's reforms. However, he now had to worry about the pirates that his family might suffer, and hoped that the court could protect the interests of the southern clans who were loyal to the court and cooperate with the court's reforms.

Now, he expressed his views on the grounds that "officials from southern gentry might oppose the navy's expedition."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao said: "Protecting the safety of coastal soldiers and people is not in conflict with the family business and whether the navy can go out to fight against the enemy. I have already thought of a countermeasure, and this countermeasure is the coastal defense insurance system!

Specifically, the court established an insurance bureau by the Ministry of Revenue, and then established an insurance department in each prefecture and county, which was run by a department of the Ministry of Revenue. All coastal soldiers and civilians can purchase coastal protection insurance from the court insurance department as a unit. A coastal protection insurance ranges from five yuan silver coins to five thousand yuan silver coins. Anyone who purchases coastal protection insurance will encounter sea disasters, whether natural disasters or man-made disasters, after verification, they can receive ten times the original insurance principal paid! The household tickets and insurance contracts are collected from the local prefecture and county insurance departments!”

The ministers present all began to ponder.

Because the system proposed by the emperor made them a little unheard of, they didn't know whether it was good or bad for a while.

Soon, Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Revenue, who was ordered to attend the court discussion, understood it first. He was good at making money and grain. He had left behind economic works in history. He had extraordinary understanding of finance and could not help but say:

"Your Majesty is wise! This is really a good strategy!

The maritime defense insurance paid by the Southern scholars is not much for different household registrations according to different shares, but it is a large amount of money. After all, the family is a minority of people who have lost their families due to the sea. Not many families need compensation from the court. Even if the compensation is ten times, it is enough. The remaining money can be used to make profits."

"That's right! This method is good. It can be used for military pay by the navy. At that time, there is no need to pay additional military pay by the court. Our navy relies on this money as military pay and then goes overseas to a certain overseas contracting and suppression. Borrow five or six hundred stones of grain or five or six million taels of silver to compensate the scholars and people who were defeated by the pirates, and there is still a lot of money left to enrich the national treasury."

Chen Ce's son Chen Xin went to Japan to borrow food, so he was recalled by Zhu Youxiao to Beijing and participated in the military affairs of the coastal defense. Therefore, before entering the Yulinwei, he had done business with the Western Fan and made a lot of money, so he understood it first, and even offered to use the silver collected from the coastal defense insurance as the military pay of the navy, and then the navy relied on this military pay to plunder overseas interests.

As a scholar-official who grew up with Confucian education, Bi Ziyan felt embarrassed to agree with Chen Xin's proposal, but he had to admit that Chen Xin's method was very good. In this way, the court did not have to pay military expenses when going to the navy to fight, and could bring back several times the military salary. Therefore, he did not speak, but just smiled and looked at the emperor Zhu Youxiao.

The same is true for Fang Congzhe. He still remembers the results of the imperial court sending navy to borrow grain from overseas.

He had to admit that it was really good to have a warship with cannons and food for millions of stones. You should know that it is very difficult to make so much food in China. Not only do you have to touch a lot of cakes from powerful and noble gentry, but he, who is also one of the powerful and noble gentry, must take the initiative to spit out some food to the court. In this way, he can produce millions of stones of grain in China.

But Fang Congzhe was also a scholar-official who grew up with Confucian education. He accepted the concept of good neighborhood and friendship. He was still a little embarrassed if he really agreed with Chen Xin's proposal. After all, scholars must pay attention to their face and do not want to leave a bad reputation of cruelty to neighboring countries. Unlike military officers like Chen Xin who can directly put forward the idea of ​​taking the navy to plunder the outside world for the court.

Fang Congzhe only looked at Zhu Youxiao.

After all, now everyone emphasizes the ruler as the constitution. As long as the emperor agrees, the ministers will not object. Whoever opposes is contrary to the purpose of Xingming Society.

In fact, this is also the reason why Fang Congzhe and others are willing to use the king as the constitution. Everyone has long tasted the sweetness of plundering from the previous incident of the imperial court sending water gurus to borrow grain from overseas, and is waiting to let His Majesty the Emperor take his men and others to plunder the outside world in the name of strengthening the monarchy.

However, when Chen Xin saw that the civil officials and important officials did not express their opinions, he thought that these people did not understand what they meant and did not turn around, so he said, "Your Majesty, aren't your idea good? This can make the court earn a lot of income without paying anything, but just give the brothers of the navy a few rewards!"

Zhu Youxiao raised his lips slightly. From the enthusiastic gazes of the old foxes and the impatient appearances of the generals such as Chen Xin, he could see that these people could not wait to act as the fangs of the Ming Empire and take more benefits overseas.

“This is a very good plan!”

Zhu Youxiao said something.

Civil officials such as Fang Congzhe and Bi Ziyan smiled knowingly because Zhu Youxiao said this.

Chen Ce, Chen Xin and other military generals also laughed.

"Your Majesty's wise!"

These people couldn't help but flatter.
Chapter completed!