Hundreds of giant ships are moored quietly in the port.
Looking at it, each ship is hundreds of meters long and can accommodate more than 2,000 people. Horses can gallop on the deck. In this era, a ship of this size is definitely an aircraft carrier class. p>
And the owner of this fleet has three hundred such ships.
At this time, in the luxurious main cabin of the ship in the center, a grand banquet was going on.
There are two core protagonists.
The first one is naturally the host Wang Zhi, the undisputed Pirate King of the contemporary era.
The second one is Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang Province.
For Hu Zongxian, these six years of official career were like an unreal dream.
Originally, although Lao Hu despised the Yan Party, in order to make a living and to climb up, he had some relationship with the Yan Party. In the case of the fire in the Taigaoxuan Hall six years ago, after the Jin Yiwei completed the trial, Yan Song and his son were finally sentenced to Lingchi.
Yijiu tribe.
Everyone in the strict party in the DPRK will be beheaded, those whose homes will be confiscated and exiled, and those who will be dismissed from their posts, all will be liquidated.
With the demise of the Yan Party, Lao Hu, the shrimp in theory, should die with him. Even Lao Hu himself thinks so. His family has even reserved the color of the coffin for him and is waiting for Lao Hu to send it.
Mourning later.
Sure enough, when the imperial court was liquidating the strict party, after the Jin Yiwei came to the door, Lao Hu also followed him into the prison smoothly. However, after only a few days, the inmates were suddenly released without admitting their full identity, and he was promoted on the spot.
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Since then, Hu Zongxian’s official career has soared like a rocket.
Others were promoted once every three years, but he was promoted three times a year. In just six years, he was promoted directly from a small censor to the governor of Zhizhe, the governor of Zhejiang, southern Zhili and Fujian and other military affairs departments. Zhenger
The feudal officials of the Eight Classics.
After many inquiries, Lao Hu finally figured out what was going on. It turned out to be Zhang Cong, the chief minister of the cabinet, who personally brushed the Rockets for him.
Lao Hu struggled for a few days and decided to continue to follow the strict party's method and give Zhang Shoufu tens of thousands of taels of silver as a filial piety. In the end, not only was the money returned, he was also scolded by Zhang Cong.<
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As for why Zhang Shoufu wanted to promote him, Hu Zongxian had been thinking about it for six years and still couldn't figure it out.
Sitting next to Hu Zongxian was an old acquaintance, the future Qi Taibao Qi Jiguang.
If we follow the original historical line, Qi Jiguang should be guarding the gate in the capital at this time, but with the destruction of the Yan Party, Zhang Cong came to power, and the Jiajing Immortal introduced a series of new policies out of nowhere.
In six years, the government and the public have taken on a completely new look.
Except that the treasury is almost running out of money.
The border armament of the Jiajing Dynasty has been significantly improved, and the treatment of military personnel has also improved linearly.
The Gengxu Revolution that was supposed to happen in the 29th year of Jiajing didn't happen at all. The leader of the Mongolian Tumote tribe, Ada Khan, came to the Ming Dynasty to fight against Boye. Unfortunately, he didn't even hit the first tower of Datong, the top laner.
He was fucked back, so naturally there was no need for Qi Jiguang to guard the door.
Qi Jiguang was about to submit his literary test in the martial arts examination, but he was inexplicably selected as the number one scholar in martial arts. Then he started flying to get promoted, and now he is the deputy commander-in-chief of Zhejiang Province.
Like Hu Zongxian, he has been promoted inexplicably in recent years. In terms of speed, he was promoted faster than Hu Zongxian.
Sometimes I go home for a meal and then go to work, only to be told to move my office because I got promoted.
Although he has made a lot of achievements and wiped out many Japanese pirates along the coast, he can't rise so quickly.
Out of doubt, Qi Jiguang wrote to Zhang Juzheng and asked several times. The answer he finally got was that the Jiajing Immortal had personally promoted him to an official position, which almost shocked General Qi.
Qi Jiguang took a bite of food and looked at the seat opposite, a high-spirited middle-aged man.
This is the owner of this fleet, the famous Wufeng captain Wang Zhiwang Boss.
Currently the chairman and CEO of the largest smuggling group in the entire East Asian and Southeast Asian waters.
The reason why Wang Zhi was able to sit and drink with Hu Zongxian was entirely because Lao Hu had already received word from the court that the emperor had hidden intentions of lifting the sea ban.
That is to say.
People like Wang Zhi, who are only engaged in smuggling trade. Although they have a large number of armed groups under their command, they have not launched an offensive on the coast of the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, they have helped the Ming Dynasty quell the coastal bandits. It is very likely that they will become regular workers or even enter the establishment in the future.
And the official rank will most likely not be lower than mine.
This is why Hu Zongxian, as the dignified governor of Zhejiang Province, agreed to the invitation of Wang Zhi, the pirate leader, to attend the banquet.
Since we are likely to become colleagues in the same office in the future, and the other person is obviously a moneybag, there is no reason not to improve the relationship.
Of course, it really depends on the rules of officials and bandits.
As the governor of Zhejiang Province, Hu Zongxian drank with a pirate like Wang Zhi, which was somewhat illegal.
In any case, the current relationship between Hu Zongxian and Wang Zhi is much more relaxed than it was in history.
After all, in the original history, the Jiajing Dynasty implemented the strictest maritime ban strategy, and smuggling such as Wang Zhi's was the target that Hu Zongxian had to crack down on.
"Governor Hu, Mr. Wang would like to toast you."
"Thank you very much, Governor Hu, for taking care of me during this time."
Wang Zhi smiled happily. After all, he had been very happy making money in the past few years. As he made money, his power expanded. Looking at the entire East and Southeast Asia, the commercial business in Southeast Asia was basically monopolized by his boss Wang. p>
In the current waters of East Asia and Southeast Asia, no one dares to buy or sell goods for even one tael of silver without his boss Wang’s nod.
"King Hui is polite."
Hu Zongxian also responded with a smile and a toast, and he also gave Wang Zhi face in his address.
After Wang Zhi's business became big, he allocated a piece of land in the Japanese Kingdom and called himself King Jinghai and King Hui. He also established a Song Kingdom in a decent way, and granted a lot of official titles and other things.
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As he was so openly seeking independence in the Japanese enclosure, all the village chiefs and Warring States figures in Japan did not dare to say a word or even let a fart go.
Therefore, in later generations, people often accused Wang Zhi of being a big traitor, saying that Wang Zhi worked for Japanese pirates and betrayed his country.
This is pure nonsense.
Have you ever seen a large number of Japanese village chiefs lining up to give gifts to traitors during festivals?
Boss Wang holds in his hands the entire Japanese overseas business transactions, especially the firearms and firearms transactions.
This is the only one, no other branches.
When meeting Boss Wang, all the famous village chiefs from the Japanese country would have to nod and flatter him, smiling happily.
Because if you want to buy guns or update weapons, you can only go to Boss Wang, and you don’t have any bargaining power. Boss Wang says how much money a gun costs, that’s how much money it costs.
Buy and sell with integrity, no deception, and only earn ten times the price difference.
Buy?
Still not buying?
You want to fight, you want to kill the village chief of the next village, you want to steal the daughter of the village chief next door to be your mistress, you have to change your weapons, right?
If the village chief of the village next to you spends money to buy it, but you don't buy it, he will turn around and chop you with the nine-star dragon-slaying knife that he just bought. The sword is 99,999, and the damage is higher than your amplification!
I will torture you to the point of scum every minute!
Otherwise, why do you need krypton money to play games?!
A truth.
And this is one of the reasons why Toyotomi Hideyoshi rose rapidly.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi rose to prominence in the Four Islands, and the Four Islands were silver-producing areas. Although Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not directly trade with Wang Zhi, after all, there was an age difference of several decades between the two, but it was Wang Zhi who appeared in the Japanese country and established the foundation for Japan.
The Japanese country brought guns, cannons and various materials from overseas. This is how Toyotomi Hideyoshi relied on the money from the four islands to arm his army to the teeth.
The emergence of Wang Zhi opened up overseas trade for the Japanese country.
Even in the early days of later generations, Wang Zhi was worshiped as a hero, temples and statues were built in his honor, and incense and tribute were offered during festivals.
The reason is also simple. They generally believe that it was Wang Zhi who brought Japan to the Age of Discovery.
From a Han perspective, I don’t know how to evaluate Wang Zhi.
Because it is very possible that if Wang Zhi had not appeared, the small group of Japanese people would still be competing with Akita dogs for food in modern times, not to mention a series of subsequent angry things.
The banquet in the cabin is still going on.
Singing and dancing at peace, the beauty is graceful and charming.
And at this moment.
Wang Zhi clapped his hands.
Suddenly, the singing and dancing in the cabin stopped, and the dancing singers bowed and left.
Hu Zongxian, Qi Jiguang and other officials attending the banquet all frowned slightly, wondering what boss Wang was planning to do.
Then, Wang Zhi tapped the desktop lightly.
The subordinates belonging to Wang Zhi in this cabin all stood up and saluted one after another in a sensible manner, and then all retreated.
After Hu Zongxian was silent for a moment, knowing that Wang Zhi had something to say, he also gave the people around him a look. Except for Qi Jiguang and Xu Wei, everyone else also retreated.
Then ten people entered the cabin carrying five large boxes.
"Wang is not a person who doesn't remember friendship."
"Governor Hu helped me, so of course I want to thank you."
With that said, Wang straightened up, came to the five big boxes, and opened them one by one.
In an instant, my eyes were blinded. The box was filled with snowflakes and silver.
"This is fifty thousand taels of silver. Please accept it, Governor Hu."
Hu Zongxian frowned.
He is not a clean slate. He did a lot of receiving and giving gifts when he was working with the Yan Party. But in recent years, with the reform of the imperial court, he has restrained himself a lot.
Coupled with the official salary reform, after Huo Hao returned to the public, he was not very short of money based on his official rank.
Moreover, he was not actually helping Wang Zhi. He just turned a blind eye to Wang Zhi because the imperial court had hidden intentions of opening up the sea.
"Governor Hu, it's just you and me and a few close associates here. The matter will not spread."
Boss Wang smiled.
"I also ask King Hui to take back these 50,000 taels of silver. I, Hu Zongxian, am a minister of the Ming Dynasty. I have been favored by the emperor in this life, and I should do my best for the country."
Wang Zhi was stunned when he heard this.
‘Damn, I’m giving you money, but you’re just showing me a meager imperial favor.’
"Governor Hu, the emperor is not here, it's okay, don't be nervous."
Boss Wang walked up to Hu Zongxian boldly.
"Besides, we are friends. This is just fifty thousand taels of silver. What are you afraid of?"
"Don't say that you don't know if you accept the emperor. Even if the emperor is here, so what?"
"I, Wang Zhi, give you money because I, Wang Zhi, admire your character, Hu Zongxian, for the sake of your Governor Hu, and have nothing to do with Jiajing in the Forbidden City!"
Hu Zongxian's face changed drastically when he heard the word "Jiajing". Qi Jiguang behind him was startled and almost dropped the chopsticks in his hand.
"Captain Wang, be careful what you say."
Hu Zongxian took a deep breath and said in a concentrated voice.
Boom~!
There was a loud thunder and explosion.
At the same time, the whole ship was shaking a little, which should be caused by the strong wind.
However, none of this affected Boss Wang's already open mouth. At this moment, he was obviously getting more and more arrogant.
These years of smooth sailing on the sea and the ultimate pleasure brought by monopolizing the sea area have also made him more and more arrogant.
"Hahaha."
"Governor Hu, what are you so afraid of?"
"Look at me, I have been smuggling at sea for more than ten years, traveling all over the world, who have I ever been afraid of?"
"You are not living well now. According to me, you might as well stop being the governor and come to my Song Dynasty to be the prime minister! I will give you ten times your current salary!"
"The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish!"
"How about it? Think about it?"
And this moment.
Hu Zongxian's pupils suddenly froze.
Qi Jiguang and Xu Wei, who were on either side of him, also looked behind Wang Zhi and were stunned.
The three people's reactions are completely different.
Hu Zongxian's eyes were a mixture of shock, awe, and fear.
Qi Jiguang's eyes were filled with surprise and surprise.
Xu Wei's eyes were filled with surprise.
"What's wrong?"
"Are you all frightened by my words?"
Boss Wang was very satisfied with the surprised expressions of Hu Zongxian and the others.
"Don't say it's here."
"Even if we are in the Forbidden City, even if we are in Fengtian Palace, even if Emperor Jiajing is in front of me, Wang Zhi, I will still say what I said today."
"Who is Jiajing? He can put a knife to my neck?!"
The words fell.
Wang Zhi suddenly felt a chill on his neck.
A gold dagger that looked very fast, with a handle inlaid with agate stone, was placed on the neck of Boss Wang Zhiwang.
Since the Renyin Incident, Jiajing immortals have developed the habit of carrying a dagger with them to facilitate cutting ropes at any time.
At this moment, Hu Zongxian stood up in panic.
I fell to my knees with a plop.
"I would like to pay homage to your Majesty, Hu Zongxian, Governor of Zhejiang Province. Long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!"
Hu Zongxian served as a royal censor in his early years, and he was more or less a Beijing official who had spent time in the capital. Although the Jiajing Immortal did not go to court, he still met him once or twice occasionally, and was naturally deeply impressed by the emperor's appearance.
‘???’
Three question marks appeared on the heads of Wang Zhi, Qi Jiguang and Xu Wei at the same time. After all, they had never seen the true appearance of Jiajing Immortal.
‘Emperor?!’
Qi Jiguang was stunned for a moment, then stood up and knelt down.
He was just surprised that the person in front of him was the emperor, not how the emperor appeared.
Because he saw another person.
Qi Jiguang will never forget what happened in the field of Dengzhouwei six years ago and the stolen poles. Qi Jiguang paid for it out of his own pocket afterwards.
"I, Qi Jiguang, the deputy commander-in-chief of Zhejiang Province, pay homage to Your Majesty and the Immortal Master!"
‘Your Majesty?’
‘Immortal Master?’
The entire cabin was full of question marks.
"You, you, you are..."
Wang Zhi subconsciously turned his head, and what came into his eyes was a face with slim cheekbones and cold eyes.
He had never met the emperor, but he probably guessed it at this moment.
"Which fish do you think I am?"
The voice of indifference settled.
Plop.
Boss Wang knelt down instantly.
Even though Jiajing Immortal acted like a fool every day in front of Ji Boying, Jiajing Immortal actually served as emperor for thirty-one years, and the mighty dragon power accumulated in him was enough to suppress all dissatisfaction in the Ming Dynasty.
"Boss Wang, you are really rich."
Ji Boying stood in front of the first big box, picked up a piece of silver and took a look at it.
Smiling.
Ji Boying came to Wang Zhi and squatted down.
Like a magic trick, there was a cigarette in his hand, and he slowly stuffed it into the corner of the kneeling Wang Zhi's mouth.
Then, draw, light the match, and block the wind with your palms.
The highest etiquette in the world.
"I came here today to discuss a deal with Boss Wang."
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