This time the Takumi team went east, Zhao Xi did not let Gongfangcheng participate, and even said that he did not pay much attention to it.
In Zhao Xi's memory, there is no memory of naval battles of this era, or of pirates of this era. He always believed that safety was limited to the risks of navigation, and there was no such thing as encountering pirates.
Liu Qiu, Zhao Xi once remembered that if there was a good person in the future, just a few people could get there by driving a fishing boat, and he really didn't take Takumi seriously.
I originally thought that the real difficulties would arise after establishing a foothold in Ryukyu and trying to conquer Goryeo and Fusang.
I didn't expect that it would be a failure.
"The cabinet will give its opinion on how to deal with it, or whether to deal with it."
When Zhao Xi said this, he made it clear that he had no intention of disposing of it.
To a certain extent, the court did not pay much attention to Takumi this time, and even said that Zhao Xi regarded it as a way to dismiss the fourth prince.
But when things got to this point, the court had no choice but to turn a blind eye.
No matter what the reason was, the purpose of going east to explore the sea was to plan the Northern Liao Dynasty. Many courtiers sent their sons and nephews to join this team in order to gain some credit.
If the court continues to be unresponsive at this time, it may be difficult for the second prince to recruit people. The key is that Zhao Xi did not feel that he had offended the Song Dynasty, so the court just let him go.
"Officially, I think this matter should not be handled. I think Wen Liangchen handled it appropriately..."
"Officials, I second the proposal..."
As soon as Wang Anshi raised his head, Zhang Dun took over.
"In the official family, I am from Fujian, and I have heard a lot about maritime affairs. The maritime transport in the country is prosperous, and the city's shipping department has also increased tax revenue year by year. Maritime barter has made a lot of profits, but the risks of maritime transport are not comparable to those of land barter.
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"I heard that those who go to sea to barter will suffer losses from various disasters, and 23 out of 10 will suffer losses from pirates. Even on familiar routes, people who get lost often happen..."
"I have even heard that those who engage in maritime transport usually support pirates on fixed routes for the sake of barter security. What's more, there is no difference between shipping and piracy..."
"From this point of view, the land of Liuqiu is probably a pirate nest. The Takumi team can escape from the siege. Although they cannot be rewarded, they should not be punished."
Next, the cabinet also made suggestions one after another, and most of them agreed not to impose punishment, but very few people mentioned pirates. Even if someone mentioned it, they mostly used wordings like "heard" and "heard".
In other words, there are no records of pirates in the country. Maybe they are avoiding it...
"I once remembered the record in "Taiping Guangji": Chen Wuzhen, a citizen of Zhenzhou in the Tang Dynasty, had a family with tens of thousands of gold, and was a tycoon in the sea. He looked like a rhinoceros and a tortoiseshell, and he had hundreds of warehouses. First, there were merchant ships from the Western Regions, and they drowned, so there are so many people in the sea.
People are proficient in the magic of curses... Whenever a merchant ship passes by the sea and is unfortunately lost in the wind. When it reaches Zhenzhou, Zhenmin will climb to the top of the mountain and curse with disheveled hair. After the curse, there will be wind and waves, causing trouble and waves, and the merchant ship will not be able to sail.
, it will definitely float to the cursed place and then stop”…
"Also, Feng Ruofang often robbed two or three Persian ships every year and took the goods as his own. Su Fang accumulated mountains of wood and the rest of the property was also called this. It even formed a "three-day trip from north to south and five days from east-west."
"Village after village" the Persian slave village.
"I want to know why there is no record of pirates in the imperial dynasty? Is it true that our dynasty was so powerful that the real Haiyan River was clear? Takumi's encounter with pirates today made me understand that in fact pirates have always existed."
There is a reality in the court. Among the important officials in the court, there are more southerners than northerners. Zhao Xi said this because he also wanted to knock those so-called southern courtiers.
This reality cannot be changed in the short term, at least it has not been significantly improved yet.
Since the Wuhu chaos in China and the cultural migration from the Central Plains to the south, the foundation has been formed for the gentry in the south to be higher than the northern dynasty. In addition to the limitations of the dynasty's territory in the north, the north has been constantly fighting for years, the land is barren and other various reasons, resulting in
There are far fewer scholars in the north than in the south.
After the chaos in the previous dynasty, the Silk Road was cut off. Merchants expanded the sea, opened up sea lanes, and developed maritime barter. The prosperity of the south was not only due to products, but also the benefits of maritime barter.
Zhang Dun was right when he said that sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between merchants and pirates. Is this why there are very few records of pirates in the imperial dynasty?
"Before the government and the government, although the court's tax revenue was acceptable, due to the disadvantages of three redundancies, it was difficult for local prefectures, counties and counties to maintain their existence, and there were many excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes. When I was an official in the local government, I was unable to change this."
"Because of this, not only banditry at sea, but also banditry incidents in the interior of the country occur from time to time. And the court's decision-making basically states that those who do not infringe the prefectures and counties will not be recorded..."
Wang Anshi showed no mercy to the late emperor at all, and even said that if he pushed forward, the imperial court would probably adopt the same policy.
Zhao Xi was speechless. Even so, there was no need to be so straightforward, right?
Zhao Xi has never been involved in shipping matters because he was influenced by what he knew. Shipping in the Song Dynasty was developed, which is a statement that will not be disputed by later generations.
Zhao Xi has always adhered to the principle of trying not to interfere in matters that he is not familiar with.
But now, since there are frequent pirates, and since there is a reason for the Takumi team to encounter pirates, Zhao Xi does not mind getting involved in shipping matters.
Of course, Zhao Xi's intervention will not restrict shipping, but will only promote it. Shipping must also be regulated.
"The cabinet will draft an edict on my behalf. For three months from now, the imperial court will allow pirates belonging to the people of the country to correct their evil ways, and the imperial court will not blame them as past events."
"Anyone who still commits crimes in shipping matters after three months will be killed without mercy! In addition, this edict is not valid for those in the Liuqiu area, or those who participated in this naval battle of the Takumi Team!"
Let's forget the past because the imperial court did not impose any restrictions, or there were no relevant laws and regulations... At this time, there was no concept of territorial waters, and the Song Dynasty criminal system did not apply to crimes committed not in the imperial court.
"Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Municipal Shipping Department, in conjunction with the relevant yamen of the city, organized relevant officials to formulate laws and regulations suitable for the maritime affairs of the country..."
"Based on the detailed battle report of this naval battle, Workshop City improved its firearms to adapt to naval battles. At the same time, in conjunction with the Water Supervisor of the capital, it tried to install various types of artillery, gunpowder launchers and other armament equipment on sea ships to create firearms ships suitable for naval battles.
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"The Martial Arts Hall, the Ministry of War, and the Privy Council can select soldiers with a navigation background from the active military, or directly recruit young men of suitable age with navigation experience to join the army. They don't even need to meet the recruitment standards of the new army."
"At the same time, the martial arts hall must choose a suitable place to carry out training related to naval warfare, including maritime shooting, the use of maritime artillery, marine marine training, and training in various conventional tactics of naval warfare, etc."
At this time, Zhao Xi was no longer limited to revenge for the defeat of the Takumi team, but actually intervened in shipping, or was interested in Takumi.