Huang Ke sighed and said: "My dear son-in-law, your Majesty is always ridiculous, why do you need to get involved in it?"
"Master Taishan is here to persuade me?" Wang Yuan asked.
Huang Ke said: "Sea prohibition is an ancestral system. Opening the sea will risk the disapproval of the world. You have the merit of quelling chaos and destroying the country, and you are a scholar. If you survive for a few years, you will be able to do anything even if you are a minister. Once you go
If you enter the muddy waters of Kaihai, you will attract criticism and your future will be even more tortuous."
Wang Yuan asked: "Liang Chu, please come and persuade me?"
Huang Ke said: "Even if there is no Mr. Liang Ge, I will still come to persuade you."
Wang Yuan asked again: "If I insist on going to Zhejiang, are they going to play some off-the-charts trick?"
Huang Ke actually understood the word "outside the market" when he heard it, and warned: "The water in the forbidden sea is too deep. Once you get involved, it will be extremely dangerous."
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Are those local gentry more terrifying than the Turpan barbarians?"
Huang Ke said: "You can fight to your heart's content in the Western Regions, but when you get to Zhejiang, can you still kill all the gentry?"
Wang Yuan sneered: "Kill a group of people, scare a group of people, pull a group of people, that's all."
"You really don't want to look back?" Huang Ke asked.
Wang Yuan asked back: "Does Master Taishan want to break with me because of this?"
Huang Ke sighed and said, "That's not the case. Alas, you just want to wade into troubled waters. I can't help you. I can only say good things and do it yourself."
"I should be careful," Wang Yuan said.
Huang Ke suddenly asked: "Son-in-law, there is no good port in Hangzhou, why did you choose to open the sea there?"
Wang Yuan did not answer, only smiled and said: "Are all the princes in the court waiting to see the joke?"
It is absolutely impossible to build a seaport in Hangzhou because the sand there is too shallow and only flat-bottomed boats are allowed to pass. Sea-going ships with too deep draft will be stranded when they come in. Officials in the south of the Yangtze River know this very well.
However, no one warned me.
These guys are so bad. Since they can't stop the emperor from opening up the sea, let him do it. It's no wonder that Hangzhou can engage in sea trade in that rotten place!
Wang Yuan is not a god, so of course he cannot build a seaport in Hangzhou. He has his eyes set on Jiaxing.
But that large stretch of beach in Jiaxing is a fucking salt field. If we directly choose to open the sea there, we will encounter greater resistance. It will definitely be said that opening the sea in Jiaxing will destroy the salt course.
The courtiers were confused not only about the opening of the sea in Hangzhou, but also about the issue of Beiguan in Zhejiang.
The emperor replaced the workers in Nanguan, Zhejiang, but did not return the workers in Beiguan, Zhejiang. Beiguan was much more prosperous than Nanguan. The "Beiguan Night Market" was one of the eight scenic spots in Qiantang, with bright lights all night long. Why didn't the emperor return the goods to Beiguan?
Is Guan also in control?
After thinking about it, the courtiers just thought that the emperor and Wang Yuan were confused about the situation and did not even understand the specific situation in Hangzhou. They were just waiting to see the joke.
After all, Huang Ke was Wang Yuan's father-in-law. Seeing that he could not persuade him, he kindly reminded him to prevent Wang Yuan from getting into trouble in Hangzhou.
But Wang Yuan said: "Master Taishan, you don't need to ask any more about this matter. My son-in-law has already made a comprehensive plan."
"Then I won't ask." Huang Ke went to say a few words to his daughter before leaving Wang's house in a car.
Huang E sent his father out of the gate, turned around and asked: "Second brother, most of the courtiers are opposed to opening the sea, why do you have to go to Zhejiang?"
Wang Yuan smiled and said, "What do you think?"
Huang E shook his head and said: "There is always a reason why Taizu banned the sea, and there are reasons why the courtiers opposed the opening of the sea. I am just a little curious."
Wang Yuan said: "Taizu banned the sea because the Meng Yuan Dynasty was not yet destroyed, but the remnants of Zhang Shicheng colluded with Japanese pirates to harass the coast. The court officials banned the sea because they quietly went to sea, fearing that if the sea was opened, they would cut off their wealth. During Taizong's reign, the sea ban was the most
It is strict, but it controls the profits of maritime trade in the hands of the imperial court. Now it only knows the maritime ban and does not follow Taizong's voyages to the West. It can be said that it is self-defeating."
"That's it." Huang E understood immediately.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very interesting. He planted more than 500,000 trees in Nanjing, most of which were tung trees, palm trees and lacquer trees. His original intention was to collect tung oil, palm hemp and raw lacquer on the spot to supply the palace, so that he would not have to ask for help.
Collected by the common people.
As a result, these three types of trees were all important raw materials for shipbuilding, directly facilitating Zheng He's voyages to the West.
The maritime ban imposed by Zhu Yuanzhang at that time was not strictly enforced because China's coastline was too long. Zhu Di was smart and only allowed the private sector to build flat-headed boats. This would not only ensure the livelihood of fishermen, but also prevent the private sector from engaging in ocean-going trade.
Therefore, when Wang Yuan arrived in Zhejiang, it was very simple to ban smuggling.
As long as you encounter an unofficial pointed boat, you can just destroy it and that's it. There's no need to verify your identity.
It is a pity that Wang Yuan does not have a navy. Due to the long period of "Peace", the imperial court has long stopped producing large and medium-sized sea-going ships. The naval masters and apprentices in Zhejiang and Fujian have a false reputation. "Warships and sentry ships only exist one or two out of ten."
Offshore patrol boat.
Wang Yuan's trip to Zhejiang this time was worse than in the Western Regions. Although he brought a thousand divine machine battalions with him, he couldn't let the firecrackers row small boats to escort him. Without an escort fleet, the sea trade caravan organized by Wang Yuan would inevitably
As soon as he goes to sea, he encounters "Japanese pirates". Those crazy guys will definitely stare at Wang Yuan and beat him!
Anyway, as long as Wang Yuan's caravan can't do business, the court will naturally have no profit, and there will be nothing to talk about opening the sea.
The problem is that if the Ministry of Revenue does not cooperate and Wang Yuan has no money, how can he find the capital to build large warships?
Wang Yangming was in poverty in Jiangxi, and spies were everywhere. Wang Yuan was in the same situation in Zhejiang, and the situation was even worse.
Return to the back house.
Xiangxiang and Qiyun were reading and practicing calligraphy, and it was Xia Chan who taught them.
Xia Chan complained: "Oh, you are so stupid. You can't even learn the word '蔺' after practicing it for two days."
Xia Chanzhen did not deliberately create difficulties. She was teaching two foreign women to learn the Three Character Classic. She taught them in order and did not know what scientific teaching methods were.
After complaining for a few words, Xia Chan continued to teach carefully and explained in detail: "The word '蔺' means to practice, so it is the part of 'foot'. Let's look at the right side again..."
Wang Yuan heard it funny outside the house and went in to pat Xia Chan on the head: "Teach simple characters first."
Xia Chan rubbed her head and said, "This is how we are taught."
Wang Yuan was too lazy to say any more: "Let's take a rest."
Xia Chan's character is quite lovable. She is arrogant in private, but strict with outsiders. She can't stand the two Xiangxiangs, but she doesn't deliberately make things difficult for them, and she also teaches them how to study seriously.
Huang E came in and said, "Second brother will leave Beijing tomorrow. My sister and I will play and sing a song to help him on his way."
Wang Yuan dragged over a deck chair and lay down on it leisurely, so that he could enjoy himself at home.
Huang E played the newly learned two-stringed qin from the Western Regions, and Xiangxiang and Qiyun danced with him. Xia Chan came over to beat Wang Yuan's legs. This little day was really comfortable.
On the road to the south, dozens of letters have been sent out, and the content is nothing more than that the imperial court is about to open the sea.
When Wang Yuan takes office, those smuggling merchants will be ready!