On the boat, when His Highness the King of Chu said the name "Wang Dayuan", the pupils of the Wang family's father and son shrank.
"Your Majesty, how does Your Majesty know... Wang Dayuan?" Wang Defu asked, dumbfounded.
"I just know." Zhu Zhen said a catchphrase, and then said with a smile: "Actually, my master has read your "Daoyizhi" and admires you very much. As soon as you said that you have been to Africa, I immediately thought of you.
coming."
"Who is your highness's master?"
"Master Liu Bowen." Zhu Zhen said proudly.
"It turns out to be Mr. Qingtian!" Wang Defu showed a look of surprise, then knelt down and apologized: "Your Highness, forgive me, the young man is indeed Wang Dayuan, and Wang Defu is my pseudonym overseas."
"Why did you use a pseudonym?" Zhu Zhen asked.
"Alas, this..." Wang Dayuan said shyly: "First of all, it is easy to provoke enemies overseas due to the treacherous clouds and waves, so maritime merchants generally have many aliases. Secondly, the old man is from Nanchang, and his family is originally
I come from a scholarly family, and my father has high hopes for me. So I took the word "Huanzhang" from the "Huanhu Qiyou article" in "The Analects" as my nickname. I am an old man who does not do his job and is drifting at sea. I don't want to disappoint Xiankao, so I
A pseudonym was used.”
"Hey, what Mr. Wang said is wrong." Zhu Zhen shook his head and said: "Your navigation career is of great honor to your ancestors. In the future, you will definitely be one of the most famous people named Wang..."
"Thank you for your kind words, Your Highness." Wang Dayuan's eyes were a little moist. Although he is old, he still needs someone to recognize him! "Does Mr. Qingtian really respect this young man?"
After all, in the eyes of scholars, those who go overseas are desperadoes motivated by profit.
"Of course, I can still lie to you." Zhu Zhen said without blinking, "Fake Liu Jiyan": "My master often said that the Yuan Dynasty was not good in every way, but the openness to embrace the sea is worth learning. In the future, the Ming Dynasty will
If you want to be prosperous and strong forever, you must learn from the Song and Yuan Dynasties to engage in overseas trade, so outstanding navigators like Mr. Wang are the most precious wealth of the Ming Dynasty."
"Mr. Qingtian...did you really say that?" Tears burst into Wang Dayuan's eyes.
"Of course it's true." Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "If you don't believe it, just go back to Nanjing with me and ask him face to face."
"No, no, I believe it. I absolutely believe it." Wang Dayuan said with tears: "I just thought that all the princes in the court supported the maritime ban. I didn't expect that Mr. Qingtian also supported the maritime ban."
"Don't be depressed. The purpose of the imperial court's temporary sea ban is to eliminate Japanese pirates. When the sea calms down, the shipping department will still be reopened." Although Zhu Zhen knew that this was not the case, he still comforted him.
"I see." Wang Dayuan nodded and plucked up the courage to say, "I'm sorry to say this bluntly, but the more the imperial court imposes a sea ban, the more rampant the Japanese pirates will become."
"I know that the greater the maritime ban, the greater the profits from smuggling, and the so-called 'Japanese pirates' will naturally grow stronger." Zhu Zhen nodded clearly.
"That's it..." Wang Dayuan looked at the young His Highness in shock, and couldn't help but admire: "It's true that a famous teacher makes a great disciple. His Highness revealed the secret with just one word."
"Haha, that's right." Zhu Zhen smiled reservedly and said in his heart, regarding these things, I am my teacher's teacher, okay?
"However, there are some conservative voices in the court now, who are constantly advocating for a total sea ban." Zhu Zhen sighed again, half truthfully and half falsely: "My father is also wavering, so he sent me to the sea to take a look...
…”
"That's it." Wang Dayuan thought he understood why the dignified prince appeared at sea.
"I hope that after I return, I can come up with a strategy to convince my father not to ban the sea. I wonder if Mr. Wang has a good strategy to teach me?" Zhu Zhen asked humbly for advice.
"Let me think about it." Wang Dayuan had already made up his mind, and after some thought he said: "In my humble opinion, there are three strategies."
"Oh?" Zhu Zhen said happily: "Sir, please speak."
"First, take the initiative to attack. Japanese pirates come from the sea. If we only defend on land, it would be too passive. Therefore, we should form a strong navy to go abroad, destroy pirate ships, destroy pirate nests, and keep the enemy outside the country. Only then can we protect the country.
The country is safe.”
"Well said!" Zhu Zhen held his palm and praised: "To defend the sea, we must defend against the sea. Sir, you are very knowledgeable!"
"The second is to eliminate its root cause. In fact, Japanese pirates have always existed, but they were not so destructive before. It was only after Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen's old subordinates, and local tyrants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang joined forces with Japanese pirates after they fled to sea, that the harm of Japanese pirates has been reduced.
It’s getting serious.”
"Yeah." Zhu Zhen nodded.
"In this regard, we can combine suppression and appeasement, a two-pronged approach. While resolutely annihilating the Japanese pirate gangs that commit heinous crimes, we can send out envoys to recruit those who are willing to surrender. We can also organize them into naval forces to attack the remaining Japanese pirates."
"In addition, Japanese pirates come from Japan. If we can get the Japanese court to ban their people from going to sea to become pirates and severely crack down on Japanese pirates, the Japanese pirates will naturally disappear like a fire under the cauldron." Wang Dayuan continued.
"But I heard that Japan is very unfriendly to us." Zhu Zhen shook his head and said: "In the early days of the country, they even killed our envoys."
What Lao Liu is talking about is that when Boss Zhu first ascended the throne, he issued an edict instructing the surrounding vassal states to declare themselves vassals to the Ming Dynasty. Goryeo, Annan, Champa, etc. all quickly sent envoys to declare themselves vassals and pay tribute. Only Japan was lucky enough to defeat the Mongols.
The Yuan Dynasty invaded twice, so he thought he could be on an equal footing with the Celestial Empire, so he ignored them.
This made Boss Zhu very angry. In addition, there was a serious Japanese invasion along the coast, which made Boss Zhu think that it was all caused by Japan. So he wrote another stern edict, reprimanding the Japanese Emperor just like I disciplined my son.
Ichiban, what to say:
"If you are a minister, you will come to court with an invitation. If you are not a minister, you will repair your troops and consolidate yourself. I will order the boat master to sail to the islands with false reports and tie up the king."
If you are willing to surrender, come and declare your surrender quickly; if you are not willing, then prepare your troops quickly and wait for us to send the navy to the island to arrest you.
These words were so overbearing that they made Prince Huairiang of Japan so angry that he killed the envoy...
Prince Huailiang also replied to Boss Zhu with a letter:
"Following the rules may not lead to life, and going against the rules may lead to death. When we meet in front of the Helan Mountains and chat about gambling, what should we be afraid of?"
After learning that the envoy had been killed and seeing the letter that mocked Laman, Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally extremely angry and prepared to send troops to attack Japan.
However, Liu Bowen used the example of the Yuan Dynasty's attack on Japan and two failed attempts to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to be cautious in attacking Japan. Moreover, Wang Baobao was still alive at that time, and Sichuan and Yunnan were not pacified. How could he go to sea to attack Japan?
What kind of military strategist is Boss Zhu? After calming down, he realized that now was obviously not the time to attack Japan. Then he gave up angrily.
"Actually, that's because our envoy found the wrong person." Wang Dayuan said with a faint smile: "Japan is now similar to our country's Southern and Northern Dynasties, with two emperors and two political powers. The Southern Dynasty regime where the envoy was sent is the backstage of the Japanese pirates.
Naturally, there will be no good results.
"You might as well look at the Northern Dynasty regime again. As long as it can weaken the Southern Dynasty regime, they will definitely be happy."
