Since Liu Pei knew this period of history, he couldn't make the same mistake. That's why Liu Pei was hesitant about becoming king. He didn't want to get into the sight of the Ming court so quickly. As soon as Liu Pei became worried, all the guards knew about Liu Pei

He must have been thinking about a difficult problem, so the people around him retreated automatically, leaving only one guard standing with him on the bow of the boat blowing the wind.

Liu Pei stood on the bow of the boat blowing the sea breeze, but it failed to clear away the chaotic thoughts in his mind. When he was chilled by the sea breeze, he turned around and planned to go back to the cabin. As soon as he turned around, he immediately recognized the man standing behind him.

The guard is still an acquaintance! This person is Yang Hanzi, the original guard soldier!

Yang Hanzi’s real name is Yang Jiwu, but every day he is a fool who only knows how to eat and acts extremely recklessly, so everyone calls him Yang Hanzi. After calling him again and again, everyone forgets his real name. It is Yang.

When Jiwu first signed up at the guard camp, he thought about it for a long time before he remembered that his name was Yang Jiwu.

A while ago, Liu Pei's servant team was being reorganized into a regular army, and Liu Pei's guard camp also needed to expand its recruitment. You must know that Liu Pei's safety is the top priority! So the people below are preparing to select a group of strong martial arts people who dare to

Those who dared to fight were placed next to Liu Pei. Yang Hanzi signed up during the selection. After a fight, he stood out and entered the guard camp.

This Yang Hanzi has practiced martial arts well. And the most important thing is that he is as tall and strong as an ox. When he entered the guard camp, the food he ate was on a higher level, and the guards all

He practiced every day, so his body became stronger and taller. Standing behind Liu Pei, he looked like an iron tower.

Liu Pei recognized the shaking and said, "Idiot, are you on duty today?"

He shook his head and said with a smile: "Yes, handsome!"

Liu Pei knew that Yang Hanzi never talked much and was only interested in eating. Then he had a sudden idea and asked: "Hanzi, let me ask you, do you think I should be king of Ryukyu?"

When Shake heard this sentence, his eyes widened in surprise and his mouth opened wide. After a while, he blinked hard and said, "I don't understand this, Marshal! Is it wrong for you to ask me this question?"

Got it!"

Liu Pei said: "Just think of you and me chatting! What do you think, should I be the king?"

He shook his head and thought for a while and said, "I think so! To be king is such a great thing! How many people in this world can be king?"

Liu Pei couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and said: "Just because of this, you want me to be king? Do you have any other reasons?"

Shaking and thinking hard, he said: "Also, Marshal, if you become the king, I will be the king's bodyguard! That is not the bodyguard guarding Jiaozhou.

, It’s so honorable to tell people!”

When Liu Pei heard this, his heart moved, and he asked: "Idiot, what do the other brothers in the guard camp think? Do they also agree with me becoming king?"

Shaking, he opened his mouth again and stared, but he didn't make a sound! Liu Pei waited for a long time and Yang Hanzi didn't answer. Liu Pei understood and laughed and said: "Yang Hanzi, Yang Hanzi, Yang Hanzi,

Others say you are stupid, but where are you stupid? Pretending to be stupid is the best!"

When Yang Hanzi heard this, he knew that Liu Pei didn't mean to blame him, so he laughed and said: "Commander, actually I really can't think about so many things, it gives me a headache! But, I think, about becoming the king,

No one can say anything about this matter, it’s up to you, Commander-in-Chief! If you think someone is strong enough, even the emperor can do it! If you are not strong enough, even if you call him a general, you might be killed.

Go away!"

After hearing this, Liu Pei's heart suddenly brightened up! He reached out and patted Yang Hanzi's arm and said, "Well said! Yang Hanzi, you are really not stupid!"

Liu Pei no longer had any doubts in his mind at this time. All he had to do now was consider whether it would be beneficial to become king and whether he could bear the consequences. After all, becoming king overseas is very simple. Ming Dynasty has never set its sights on overseas affairs.

Even those who set their sights overseas only care about the profits from maritime trade and don't think about anything else.

Moreover, even after Liu Pei became king, he had the strength not to fear anyone! At sea, Zheng Zhilong was a formidable enemy. If he landed ashore, Zheng Zhilong would be a club! Liu Pei's thousands of troops could crush the pirates who landed at any time.

What's more, Liu Pei's army has been slowly growing. This time Liu Pei selected many people suitable to serve as soldiers among the disaster victims. These people have entered the recruit camp and are receiving training.

As for Liu Pei at sea, he is not worried. With Ryukyu as a base and using new warships to fight a guerrilla war at sea, who is afraid of whom? Liu Pei has Ryukyu as a naval base, and he has Shandong's salt roads and department store dividends as his backing.

, I have enough confidence to fight Zheng Zhilong.

He didn't believe that Zheng Zhilong and the others would be willing to give up the profits from the sea and continue to spend time with him indefinitely? Even if Zheng Zhilong was willing to fight him because of the matter of face, Zheng Zhilong's other allies may not be willing to go without making profits from the sea.

Playing hard with Liu Pei.

As long as Liu Pei can delay the war for a year and a half, he can smash the foundation that Li Dan left for Zheng Zhilong! By then, Zheng Zhilong will be a loner, and Liu Pei can manipulate him at will! But judging from Zheng Zhilong's temperament

, he would not do this.

As for the Ming Dynasty court, which was the most difficult to deal with, Liu Pei suddenly remembered a powerful figure who was currently popular, the famous factory boss Wei Zhongxian!

Everyone knows about Wei Zhongxian

Dao, also knew that he was one of the treacherous ministers in the late Ming Dynasty. However, the word "treacherous minister" is worthy of scrutiny. Because Wei Zhongxian existed to serve the emperor, and what he did actually adhered to the emperor's will. It was used by Emperor Tianqi

He came to balance the powerful Donglin Party, which is why he has so much power.

It is said that Emperor Tianqi was a carpenter emperor, but Emperor Tianqi was not confused. Although he suffered repeated defeats during his reign, the government has remained stable. Taxes in various places have also remained stable. Among them, Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian cooperated

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Indeed, Wei Zhongxian did some things that went too far, but this does not mean that Wei Zhongxian was incapable of doing things. In fact, many of Wei Zhongxian's policies were formulated in response to the special circumstances at that time and were substantively effective.

Let’s look at two examples and everyone will know what’s going on. In the first example, although Wei Zhongxian was corrupt, he did manage the court’s finances in an orderly manner. When Wei Zhongxian was alive, although the food and salaries of the nine sides of the court were in short supply, they were never

Never stopped.

After Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, he began to vigorously support the Donglin Party and liquidate Wei Zhongxian's party. After the liquidation was completed, the court was filled with Donglin Party members. According to the Donglin Party, it was really a great success!

Xiao!

But what? In the second year after Wei Zhongxian's death, Jiubian's food and salary began to become unsustainable. Similarly, in the second year after Wei Zhongxian's death, the food and salt taxes from Jiangnan that the court received began to drop significantly.

!This shows how powerful Zhongzheng Yingchao is!

The second thing was the expulsion of the mine supervisors. Because of the war with the Houjin Tatars and the relief efforts in various places, the imperial court's finances were on the verge of collapse. So Wei Zhongxian sent people to Jiangnan to collect mining taxes. As a result, the eunuchs sent out

He was beaten back! Later, the court liquidated and the five people who led the trouble were killed. This was the expulsion of the mine supervisor.

In fact, I really don’t understand what those Donglin Party think? You dig the country’s mines openly and make a lot of money, but you don’t allow the country to collect taxes! When the country collects taxes, it sends people to encourage people to oppose national laws, and then returns

Inciting the people to expel state administrative officials. What is the rationale for this?

Later, when the country was liquidated, the five leading troublemakers were killed. A shameless scholar actually wrote an article "Tombstones of Five People", praising the five people. You can think about it, it can encourage people to take to the streets to cause trouble.

What kind of characters could they be? They are all local gangsters and urban foxes. To put it simply, they are thugs of the underworld.

For people like them who encourage the people to fight against the government, killing them is considered an easy task! Someone actually built a tomb of five people for these people by the West Lake. There were even shameless literati who praised it! Such clumsy and strange things appeared in this era, the Ming Dynasty
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