Coastal industries and maritime trade alike were suspended, spurring considerable discussion among Court bureaucrats and officials as to economic policy and the possible impacts. One such impact was a severe decline in the influx of Japanese [[silver]] into China, which had been traded for Chinese [[silk]] and other goods, largely on ships controlled by the Ming loyalists, who relied heavily on this trade to support their resistance against the Qing.<ref>[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 28.</ref> | Coastal industries and maritime trade alike were suspended, spurring considerable discussion among Court bureaucrats and officials as to economic policy and the possible impacts. One such impact was a severe decline in the influx of Japanese [[silver]] into China, which had been traded for Chinese [[silk]] and other goods, largely on ships controlled by the Ming loyalists, who relied heavily on this trade to support their resistance against the Qing.<ref>[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 28.</ref> |