Gao Ming paid the ship fare and boarded the merchant ship heading south to Huai'an.
During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the maritime ban had been abolished long ago. Fortunately, it was such a clever man who had the opportunity to return to China.
It's just that the weather is unpredictable. After going to sea, it was calm for a while. After a while, dark clouds suddenly covered the sky, and then there were strong winds and heavy rain. Gao Ming was sitting on the boat, heaving up and down, and his internal organs were surging. Northerners couldn't afford to be hurt by a sea boat.
In this way, after three days of sailing at sea, we finally saw land. Then the merchant ship sailed along the coastline and headed south.
During the few days on the ship, no pursuers from the Vajra Gate were found, which seemed to be the cause of the big storm.
Gao Ming took the opportunity to refine the non-attributed internal power brought by the Marrow Cleansing Pill on the ship. Today, it has been completely refined into his own skill. At this time, Gao Ming already has 11 years of skill. According to the standards of the world, it is considered accurate.
A master of first-rate mid-term skills.
11 years of skill can be said to be more or less. It can be regarded as a watershed in the world.
The accumulation of internal strength is a long process, and the older guys who have practiced for longer will benefit more.
In addition, there are other ways to accumulate internal power, such as the unique internal power, which can be practiced more than three times faster than ordinary people. The Beiming Divine Skill, which is known as the fastest accumulation of internal power, is the best choice in this regard.
Gao Ming was always dreaming about Wai Wai Bei Ming. The price of Bei Ming Magic in the mall was ridiculously high. Gao Ming could only place his hope on the mission rewards.
If you are under 5 years old, you are considered a gangster.
Those with less than 10 years of skill are considered newcomers to the world.
With more than 10 years of skill, you can be considered a new star in the world.
With more than 20 years of skill, he is considered a master of martial arts.
With more than 30 years of skill, he is considered a top master in the world.
Having said that, to measure the strength of a martial artist, at least one must consider it comprehensively, and never just measure it from one aspect. Martial arts, light skills, poison use, internal strength, and other special abilities are all symbols of one's own strength.
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On this day, the calm sea surface was sparkling, a warm sea breeze was blowing, and there were a few curious seagulls staying on the stern of the ship.
At this time, he saw a panic and commotion among the boatmen on the boat. Gao Ming came to his senses and listened carefully. It turned out that he had encountered Japanese pirates.
"Where are the Japanese pirates?" Gao Ming grabbed a boatman and asked.
"The Japanese pirates are not Japanese pirates, why do you care?" The little boatman was already at a loss, and he was very dissatisfied with being pulled by Gao Ming to ask questions.
Gao Ming's eyes turned cold, and he exerted a slight force on his palms. The boatman's grabbed arm seemed to be tightly locked with an iron hoop, and he immediately woke up from the pain.
"Oh, sir, please forgive me. How do you know whose Japanese pirate that is?"
Gao Ming saw that it didn't look like he was lying, so he let him go. He squinted and looked carefully. On the vast sea, three or four hundred meters away, there were three strange-looking large ships approaching slowly.
Looking back carefully, I saw that the big ship was putting down small boats. There were actually dozens of them. Each small boat was full of people. What could be vaguely seen was that the people on it were all with their guys.
Gao Ming roughly counted, there were four people in a small boat, and there were about 20 boats, that is, about 80 people. If there were no masters in charge, Gao Ming would ask for it and not be afraid of the other party.
After a moment or three, the other party had already come closer, and the merchant ship had to stop. The other party boarded the merchant ship. Seeing the overwhelming number of people on the ship, the guards on the ship did not dare to resist, and were all disarmed.
When Gao Ming listened to what the other party was saying, he found that there were both Han and Hu people, including Japanese. Gao Ming secretly wondered why the Japanese pirates were still mixed with Han people, and secretly thought that they could not be Japanese pirates. At most, they were just pirates pretending to be Japanese pirates.
It was more convenient to deceive others, so Gao Ming decided to stand still and watch the changes.
The other party found the person in charge and decided in just a few words the fate of a boatload of people. Gao Ming heard clearly that the young men on the boat wanted to go with them.
Gao Ming was considered young and strong, so he was naturally escorted to the small boat and transported back and forth several times before the big ship came over and removed the goods on board.
Gao Ming looked on with cold eyes. He had long heard that pirates and Japanese pirates were rampant along the southeast coast. Although they had been eradicated repeatedly, it was a pity that he could not bear the profit-seeking pursuit of the big merchants on the coast. The profits from off-the-grid businesses were large enough. It is not easy to make a fortune doing business without capital.
These pirates did not kill innocent people indiscriminately, they just stole things and people. Judging from their accents, Koreans, Japanese pirates and Han people were all mixed in, and it was difficult to figure out where they came from.
But Gao Ming saw through it at a glance. This was probably instigated by some wealthy family. Although many foreigners gathered together, Gao Ming knew the origins of the Ming Dynasty Japanese pirates clearly, so how could he be deceived by them.
Anyway, to find out the mastermind behind the scenes, Gao Ming will follow them.
After staying in the stuffy and airless cabin for less than a day, the ship slowly docked, and Gao Ming was taken to another sea ship along with the others.
Looking out, this harbor is very secluded. There are almost hundreds of pirate ship-style warships of various sizes passing through it.
Here, there are both Han Chinese, Koreans, and even Portuguese and Japanese people.
Gao Ming heard with his own ears that the Han people on his ship were sold to a Japanese at a price of 10 taels per person.
Actually engaging in human trafficking at sea, Gao Ming felt gloomy in his heart. He had guessed earlier that the reason why Japanese pirates continued to be banned on the eastern coast was actually caused by local people, and some of the pirates were even disguised as locals themselves.
The real period when Japanese pirates were rampant was during the Jiajing period. At that time, the imperial court had wiped out most of the Japanese pirates. As for the so-called Japanese pirates later,
"Hmph, these clan tycoons are seeking their own death, so they can't blame me." Gao Ming sneered in his heart.
"Large World Mission—Jingqing Coast"
"Task Level: Difficult"
"Task description: This task has no time limit. Find out the real culprits involved in the local and Japanese princes and catch them all in one go."
Gao Ming checked the mission description. Since the Japanese princes were involved, he just happened to kill a few little devils with his own hands.
However, before going abroad, you must first settle down at home. Before going to Japan, these local gentry are the first people who need to be taken care of.
After making up his mind, Gao Ming no longer deliberately hides, and kicks open the cell door. The pirates on the ship are no match for Gao Ming. These people are just third-rate people in the world.
There was a commotion on the ship, but it alarmed the masters in the harbor. Gao Ming, with his sharp ears and eyes, vaguely heard the sound of the masters flying through the air. He no longer wanted to fight, mentioned the Han man who was doing the deal, and sped away.
The harbor is backed by mountains and faces the sea, so Gao Ming picked up one of his men and started galloping. After a while, he took advantage of the cover of the mountain road to get rid of his pursuers.
When they found a dilapidated temple in the mountains, Gao Ming stabbed the Han man to the ground. This man had already been touched by Gao Ming's Lanhua acupoint brushing hand. At this time, he could not move and could only chew a mouth full of sand.
Gao Ming showed no mercy to such people. In a moment, the talisman of life and death entered his body, and the cries of ghosts and wolf howls resounded through the ancient temple. After a cup of tea, Gao Ming got the answer to what he wanted.
These maritime armed groups are neither "Japanese" nor "bandits". They are actually merchant armed groups forced by the "forbidden sea" to operate on the sea. The imperial court regarded it as a foreign invasion and attacked it. The war only became more and more chaotic.
Totally wrong target.
Now during the Wanli period, the maritime ban has been loosened, but how could the 'Japanese pirates' who had already tasted the sweetness of the robberies in previous years give up so easily.
Therefore, whether it is the intrusion of foreign "real bandits" or the confrontation of domestic "fake bandits", the coastal chaos is a unique product of the imperial court's "sea ban" policy. The Ming Dynasty gave up the opportunity to open up and develop the ocean.
However, they concentrated their efforts on "suppressing the bandits" and mistakenly confused the different concepts of "real bandits" and "false bandits", which led to the increasingly chaotic outcome of the suppression.
The development of maritime trade is the trend of world development and the inevitable development of maritime society. The imperial court implemented the "sea ban", which completely stripped away the maritime atmosphere that had originally floated on the agricultural civilization, and isolated the Chinese people from the world trade system.
This kind of counter-trend and anti-people move will inevitably lead to the sea people rising up to resist. Since the open trade routes were blocked by force, scattered and multiple smuggling trade channels were formed.
In the end, the "Japanese pirates" problem along China's coast gradually subsided. It was definitely not the merit of any anti-Japanese general, but the death of Emperor Jiajing in 1567. Emperor Longqing who came to the throne relaxed the "sea ban" policy and approved the "opening" of Yuegang in Zhangzhou.
"Mutual trade" allowed Chinese merchants and people to trade at sea. Once the "sea ban" was lifted, the resistance eased and trade prospered. It was the continued resistance of Chinese maritime merchants that forced the court to comply with the tide of maritime trade. The Ming Dynasty once again made great progress on the maritime frontier.
A ray of blue dawn is revealed.
Moreover, the person Gao Ming captured was not an ordinary person. His name was Zeng Xinzhi, and he was the nephew of the great pirate Zeng Benben. He was quite familiar with the Japanese pirate incidents at sea in the past few years. Under the pressure of the life and death talisman, everything was resolved one by one.
Ten's explanation was clear.
According to Zeng Xinzhi, after the middle and late Jiajing period, some wrong policies and corrupt officials on the southeastern coast led to social chaos in Zhejiang and Fujian at that time. In order to calm down the social unrest, the imperial court decided to implement a maritime ban.
Another stupid move by corrupt officials who came from literary backgrounds, cutting off the livelihoods of many people involved in the entire trade industry chain (fish industry, handicrafts, shipbuilding, trade) since the Tang Dynasty. These people began to take risks in order to make a living.
, engaged in armed smuggling. In order to fight against the imperial army, these smugglers began to introduce some pirates from Japan and southern Korea, as well as failed professional samurai from the Japanese Warring States Period to the southeastern coast of China.
Comparing the Japanese pirates in the early Ming Dynasty with the Japanese pirates in the middle and later periods, we can see the difference. The number of Japanese pirates in the early period was very small, and they were mainly in the Bohai Bay area such as Liaoning, Shandong, etc., because Japanese ship technology simply could not cross the East China Sea, mainly
In the later period, the Japanese and Koreans in the south were large in scale, organized and disciplined, and their composition was more complex. In addition to the Japanese and Koreans in the south, there were also Han Chinese and Portuguese, ranging from ordinary pirates to Japanese samurai who had received professional training since childhood. Among them
