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Chapter 667: Maritime Duel (Part 2)

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    Because we are short of money, we have to kill the Japanese pirates

    Qin Kan's words can be described as divine logic. Zhu Houzhao was confused when he heard it. He looked at Qin Kan with inexplicable awe. Although he didn't understand how the logic in these words escaped, he was sure that it was just a matter of words.  People who don't speak human words must have something great about them. Don't think about the meaning of the words first. It's always right to worship them first.

    "Wait a minute, don't talk yet, let me take care of things" Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, interrupting Qin Kan's long speech that he was about to speak next, and showed a rather apologetic smile: "I was in a wine shop recently.  I've wasted too much time and I can't keep up with you, please speak more slowly."

    Qin Kan expressed his understanding. After all, if you keep nodding and wiping the table for a long time, no matter how smart the dual-core is, it will become a single-core.

    Zhu Hou calmed down his thoughts and said: "The first sentence you just said is that it is a fact that I am short of money, and making money is also a top priority. A few years ago, the late emperor sent eunuchs to various parts of the Ming Dynasty as mine supervisors, so later the inner treasury had more money every year.  With the mining tax money, I have indeed become more comfortable after becoming the throne, and there are more places to use money. The extra one or two million taels every year are spent in a daze. Let me talk about your second sentence just now, I can kill the Japanese pirates.  I understand very well that these guys are extremely vicious and have caused great harm to the people along the coast of Ming Dynasty. I have been trying to get rid of them for a long time. Now I just want to ask you, is there a causal relationship between making money and getting rid of Japanese pirates? "

    "Yes, the purpose of exterminating the Japanese pirates is to eradicate a century-old problem and avenge the coastal people who have been massacred by the Japanese pirates in the past hundred years. The second reason is to open the sea route and calm the inner sea"

    "Why is there a sea route?" Zhu Houzhao finally got the idea.

    Qin Kan hesitated for a moment, then finally gritted his teeth and said: "The purpose of opening the sea road is to establish a sea ban!"

    Zhu Houzhao suddenly turned his head and stared at Qin Kan closely.

    Qin Kan sighed and said: "Your Majesty, the ancestral law is determined by the times and the situation. The so-called 'current situation' is just the current situation more than a hundred years ago. Now that a hundred years have passed, the times have changed, and the ancestral law should also change.  It has changed. I remember that not long after Your Majesty ascended the throne, I implicitly mentioned the issue of opening a sea ban for Your Majesty. Now that Tianjin City is gradually prospering, Tianjin Donggang is working day and night to build sea ships, while the Japanese monarch is weak and his ministers are strong, and wars are endless. At this time, I am opening a sea ban in the Ming Dynasty.  , the east wind is ready."

    After Qin Kan finished speaking, he carefully looked at Zhu Houzhao's face and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

    On weekdays, when the monarch and his ministers discussed state affairs, they would discuss matters with Harry. Qin Kan's views and Zhu Houzhao rarely objected. In addition to their highly consistent thinking, what was more important was their tacit understanding and trust. They both knew each other.  I won¡¯t deceive myself and say everything calmly.

    But today is different. After Emperor Taizu issued the decree to ban the sea more than a hundred years ago, it seemed that even the mouths of the people in the world were shut down. The word "sea ban" could not be mentioned at all. It is comparable to the great rebellion. Such a situation  Next, Qin Kan suddenly proposed a sea ban. Even though he had a close friendship with Zhu Houzhao, Qin Kan had to worry about himself

    After the words were spoken, Zhu Houzhao did not lose his temper, but fell silent. After a long time, he raised his head and said slowly: "Is it your personal intention to impose a sea ban or the intention of the ministers below?"

    Qin Kan sighed: "It's just my personal opinion at the moment."

    Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said: "When I was still the crown prince of the East Palace, Mr. Yang Tinghe once talked to me about the ban on the sea in Chunfang. Mr. Yang said that in fact, the ban on the sea would do more harm than good to the Ming Dynasty. I, the Ming Dynasty,  As the leader of the surrounding vassal states, it was the next best thing to isolate the country, not to mention that it lasted for more than a hundred years. The imperial treasury was short of money, and the internal treasury was short of silver. The local government dug a ditch, built a river embankment, and set up an official school. They  There is also a shortage of silver everywhere. Everyone knows that silver is a good thing, and they also know that if the sea ban is lifted, the money will greatly fill our treasury. But why, more than a hundred years later, no one in the court dares to mention the sea ban?"

    Qin Kan understood the meaning of Zhu Houzhao's words, and his expression became increasingly bitter: "The reason is ultimately internal and external troubles."

    Zhu Houzhao sighed: "Yes, there are internal and external troubles. Outside the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates are rampant in the sea. They rob ships and kill people when they see them. Japan is in civil strife and has too much time to take care of itself. There is no way to solve it. And our Ming army is weak."  , you are not worthy of a battle. You personally participated in the Chongming Anti-Japanese War. You know better than me how weak our military guards are in the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, there are many far-sighted people in the court. In fact, everyone knows that the sea ban has been opened.  There are benefits. Although these ministers have a long-term vision, their minds are wrong. When they see the benefits, the first thing they think of is not how to strengthen the country, but how to enrich themselves. So they clamor that the ancestral system cannot be violated, but privately they collude with businessmen to set sail.  When you go to sea to make money, you gain fame and money, so the treasury becomes poorer and poorer, while the officials become richer and richer."

      Zhu Houzhao looked unusually serious. After a moment of pause, he continued: "Mr. Yang also told me about a past incident. In the ninth year of Hongzhi, there was a seventh-rank censor named Gu Cheng.  , it can be said that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. After two or three years in the Hanlin Academy, he was appointed as the supervisory censor. On the first day of the imperial court, he sent a memorial asking for the lifting of the sea ban. At that time, my father was quite surprised and out of a tentative mind, he proposed  Let the cabinet and the six ministries discuss it. As soon as the words were said, the whole court was boiling. The ministers did not dare to scold their father, but they accused Sang Huai of scolding Gu Cheng. Nearly a hundred people came to the palace to impeach Gu Chengfu.  He misled the emperor, violated the ancestral system, and requested severe punishment from the emperor. Amid the outrage, the emperor had no choice but to dismiss Gu Cheng from his post and expel him from the capital"

    Zhu Houzhao's expression became more and more obscure: "Gu Cheng didn't end well either. Full of depression, he packed up and left the capital. Before he arrived at Zhending Mansion, he was robbed and killed by the so-called thieves. This case became an unsolved case and was never solved.  Of¡­¡­"

    "When my father was critically ill, I waited on his bed all day long. My father taught me many ways to govern the country in those days. What I remember most is the sea ban. My father told me that the sea ban should be lifted, but not too hastily, otherwise  It will only take you ten years, twenty years, or even one generation or two to see hope. Qin Kan, I know you established the sea ban out of public interest, but the sea ban cannot be mentioned. It touches too many things.  No matter who dares to touch a person's wealth and future, those civil servants who are deeply involved will fight to the death, even if you are the emperor and a duke. If you poke this hornet's nest, I don't know if I can save you."

    Qin Kan's expression became much darker. Since he decided to ban the sea, he has been very concerned about the ban on seas in the Ming Dynasty for more than a hundred years. He has also read a lot of written materials retained by Jin Yiwei. He actually knows what Zhu Houzhao said, but he just listened to it.  Zhu Houzhao's tone suggested that the establishment of a maritime ban was more difficult than he imagined. It was so difficult that even the emperor Zhu Houzhao was so pessimistic.

    Qin Kan understands that all resistance is for one reason only, and that is profit.

    The Ming Dynasty did not have descendants, aristocratic families and noble families like other dynasties. After the baptism of wars in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the aristocratic families that had been prominent for thousands of years had long declined. The great ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang was not a very particular person. He risked his life and finally succeeded.  This country, this country is like a donkey's butt, branded with the word "Zhu" by Taizu and his old man. The so-called bachelor can't tolerate sand in his eyes, let alone a murderous old bachelor like Zhu Yuanzhang.  , so the aristocratic families have basically disappeared in the Ming Dynasty.  The only family that can barely be called an aristocratic family is the descendant of Confucius, Yan Shenggong.

    When the aristocratic family members are gone, there will always be replacement classes in the world. Power cannot be completely concentrated in the hands of the emperor, so the scholar-civilian group came into being. A group that has mastered power cannot let go of other interests. Quan and money always  They are tied together and no one can be missing.

    It is the interests of the civil servants to collude with merchants to secretly go to sea to trade with vassal states. Their interests are more sacred and inviolable than the Ming Dynasty's territory. Whoever touches it will die.

    Qin Kan had already been mentally prepared. He knew that what he wanted to shake was the lifeblood of countless civil servants. He single-handedly challenged the entire class.

    "Your Majesty, things are difficult and we have to do it. I don't need to go into details about the benefits of imposing a sea ban. Your Majesty must also know that since imposing a sea ban is a good thing for the country, then" Qin Kan paused for a moment, and his tone suddenly became passionate:  "Although there are thousands of people, I am going!"

    "What a spirit!" Zhu Houzhao nodded appreciatively: "Say something useful, what are you going to do?"

    "I plan to visit the ministers who oppose the sea ban one by one. When I meet them, I will kneel down and hug their thighs and cry and beg. If the ministers are reasonable, I will be able to kneel down more than 200 times and the sea ban will be lifted"

    Zhu Houzhao was stunned: "Thisis this the idea you came up with?"

    "Not very realistic, right?"

    ¡°It¡¯s not only unrealistic, it¡¯s simply shameless.¡±

    Qin Kan smiled: "Then why don't we change to a gentler method? There is no need to ask for help or kill people, and the silent method of moisturizing things quietly makes the sea ban become a situation that all the court officials have to obey. Then  There is no need for us to open our mouths, the ministers will automatically and consciously ask for the lifting of the sea ban."

    Zhu Houzhao¡¯s eyes lit up: ¡°What can you do?¡±

    "The topic of establishing a sea ban is too big. I think it is better to change a smaller topic now, which can be regarded as a foreshadowing for the establishment of a sea ban. Civil servants can collude with merchants to build ships and go to sea, and we can also build ships and go to sea. If they earn money from shipping, we will naturally earn it too.  Your Majesty, just imagine, if everyone in the court is involved in shipping, this trend will be brought to the local government, and finally to the people. When the secret is no longer a secret, the law is no longer a law, the so-called sea ban is not the same as the abolition of  What¡¯s wrong with paper?¡±

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    ps: This month¡¯s update is too bad. I¡¯m too embarrassed to ask for a monthly ticket. My body is recovering and there are more updates. Don¡¯t worry, everything will be fine.

    Today is the last day of this month. By the way, I would like to make a reservation for the guaranteed monthly pass for April. I don¡¯t dare to say anything about the update. What is certain is that there will be more than this month, so I shamelessly book the guaranteed monthly pass for next month.  , thank you!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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