Since Liu Pei knew this history, he could not make the same mistake. Therefore, Liu Peicai hesitated on the issue of symmetry of the king. He didn't want to enter the sight of the Ming court so soon. As soon as Liu Pei was worried, all the guards knew that Liu Pei must be thinking about a problem, and the people around him automatically and consciously retreated, leaving only one guard to accompany him to stand at the bow of the boat to blow the wind.

Liu Pei stood at the bow of the boat and blew the sea breeze, but he couldn't blow away the chaotic thoughts in his head. When he was blown cold by the sea breeze, he turned around and planned to go back to the cabin. As soon as he turned around, he immediately recognized that the guard standing behind him was still an acquaintance! This person is Yang Hanzi, a soldier of the original guard!

Yang Hanzi's real name is Yang Jiwu, but he only knows how to eat every day, and he acts recklessly, so everyone calls him Yang Hanzi. shouted and shouted, but everyone forgot his real name. When Yang Jiwu first signed up for the guard camp, he thought about it for a long time before he remembered that his name was Yang Jiwu.

A while ago, Liu Pei's family team was being reorganized into regular troops, and Liu Pei's guard battalion also needed to be expanded. You must know that Liu Pei's safety is the top priority! Therefore, the people below are ready to select a group of people who are strong in martial arts and dare to fight and put them next to Liu Pei. Yang Hanzi signed up at the time of selection. After some fighting, he stood out and entered the guard camp.

This Yang Hanzi has a family heirloom martial arts and practices well. And the most important thing is that he is tall and strong, and his strength is as strong as an ox. When he entered the guard camp, the food was up a grade, and the guards practiced all day long, so his body became more and more thick and tall, and standing behind Liu Pei was like an iron tower.

Liu Pei recognized the shaking and said, "Hanzi, you are on duty today?" ”

Shaking and laughing, he said, "Yes, handsome!" ”

Liu Pei knew that Yang Hanzi had never talked much, but he was just interested in eating. As a result, he had a whim and asked, "Hanzi, let me ask you, do you think I should be king in the Ryukyus?" ”

When he heard this, he immediately widened his eyes in surprise, opened his mouth wide, and after a long while, he blinked very hard and said, "I don't understand this, Dashuai!" You're asking me wrong! ”

Liu Pei said: "It's just you and me chatting!" Do you think I should be king? ”

Shaking it, he thought about it and said, "I think it should!" What a great thing to be king! How many people in this world can be kings? ”

Liu Pei couldn't help but laugh dumbly when he heard this, and said, "Just because of this, you want me to be the king?" Do you have any other reasons? ”

Shaking and trying to think about it, he said, "Also, Dashuai, if you are king, I will be the king's guard!" That's not the guards of the Jiaozhou garrison, how face-saving it is! ”

Liu Pei's heart moved when he heard this, and he asked, "Hanzi, what do the other brothers in the guard camp think?" Do you approve of me being king? ”

Shaking and opening his mouth wide again, his eyes narrowed, but he just didn't make a sound! Liu Pei waited for a long time, and Yang Hanzi didn't answer. Liu Pei understood, laughed and said: "Yang Hanzi, Yang Hanzi, others say you are Hanzi, but where are you Hanzi?" Pretending to be stupid is top-notch! ”

When Yang Hanzi heard this, he knew that Liu Pei didn't mean to blame, so he laughed. said: "Dashuai, in fact, I really can't think about so many things, I have a headache!" But, I think, no one can say anything about being the king, you have the final say! If you think that the strength is strong enough, even the emperor will do it! If the strength is not enough, even if you call a general, you may be beheaded! ”

Liu Pei's heart suddenly lit up when he heard this! Stretched out his hand and patted Yang Hanzi's arm and said, "Well said! Yang Hanzi, you are really not naïve! ”

Liu Pei had no doubts in his heart at this time. He only needs to consider whether it is beneficial to be crowned king now, and whether he can bear this cause and effect. After all, it's very simple to be king overseas. Daming's current vision has never been invested overseas. Even those who have set their sights on overseas are only concerned about the profits of maritime trade, and do not think about anything else.

Besides, after Liu Pei became the king, he also had the strength to not be afraid of anyone! At sea, Zheng Zhilong is a great enemy, if he goes ashore, Zheng Zhilong is a mallet! Liu Pei's army of several thousand can crush the landed pirates at any time. What's more, Liu Pei's army has been slowly growing. This time, Liu Pei picked out many people who were suitable to be soldiers among the victims, and these people had already entered the new barracks and were being trained.

As for being at sea, Liu Pei is not worried. With Ryukyu as a base, who is afraid of a naval guerrilla war with new warships? Liu Pei has Ryukyu as a naval base, and Shandong Salt Road and department store dividends as the backing, and has enough confidence to fight Zheng Zhilong.

He didn't believe that Zheng Zhilong would be willing to give up the profits at sea and consume it with him indefinitely? Even if Zheng Zhilong came out and consumed him because of the matter of face. But Zheng Zhilong's other allies may not be willing to make profits at sea, and go to play with Liu Pei.

As long as Liu Pei can drag on the war for a year and a half, he can drag Li Dan's basic plate left to Zheng Zhilong to pieces! When the time comes, he Zheng Zhilong will be a lonely man, and Liu Pei can pinch him at will! But judging from Zheng Zhilong's temperament, he wouldn't do this.

As for the most difficult aspect of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Pei suddenly remembered a powerful person who is now popular, that is, the famous factory prince Wei Zhongxian!

Everyone knows Wei Zhongxian, and they also know that he was one of the traitors in the late Ming Dynasty. It's just that the word traitor is worth scrutinizing. Because Wei Zhongxian's existence is to serve the emperor, what he does is actually adhering to the emperor's will. It was the Emperor of the Apocalypse who used him to balance the Donglin Party, which was in the limelight, so he had so much power.

It is said that the Emperor of the Apocalypse is a carpenter emperor, but the Emperor of the Apocalypse is not confused. Just look at his repeated defeats during his reign, but the government has remained stable. Taxation has also remained stable. Among them, there is the credit of the cooperation between Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian,

It is true that Wei Zhongxian did some things excessively, but this does not mean that Wei Zhongxian does not have the ability to do things. In fact, many of Wei Zhongxian's policies were formulated in response to the special circumstances of the time, and they were substantive and effective.

Let's look at two examples, and you know what's going on. In the first case, although Wei Zhongxian was greedy, he did manage the finances of the imperial court in an orderly manner. When Wei Zhongxian was alive, although there was a shortage of food and salary on the nine sides of the imperial court, it was never broken.

When Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, he began to vigorously support the Donglin Party and liquidate Wei Zhongxian's party. When the liquidation was over, the court was full of Donglin Party members at that time. According to the Donglin Party, it is really a dynasty! Mighty in the sky!

But what? The year after Wei Zhongxian's death, Jiubian's food began to become unsustainable. Similarly, in the second year after Wei Zhongxian's death, the grain and salt taxes received by the imperial court from Jiangnan began to drop significantly! It can be seen that the power of the Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty is so powerful!

The second thing is the expulsion of the mine supervisor. Because of the war against the Houjin Tartars, coupled with the disaster relief in various places, the finances of the imperial court are already on the verge of collapse. So Wei Zhongxian sent people to Jiangnan to collect mining taxes. As a result, the eunuch who was sent out was beaten back! Later, the court was liquidated, and five of the people who led the troublemakers were killed. This is the expulsion of the mine supervisor.

Actually, I really don't understand what those Donglin parties think? You have made a lot of money by digging the country's mines, and you are not allowed to collect taxes from the state! When the state collects taxes, it sends people to agitate the people against the laws of the state, and then they also encourage the people to expel the administrative officials of the state. What is this reasoning?

Later, the state was liquidated and the five people who led the troublemakers were killed. There was actually a shameless literati who wrote a "Tombstone of Five People", praising the five people. Think about it, what kind of people can be who can encourage people to take to the streets to make trouble? Those are all local city fox society rats like splashy skins. To put it simply, he is a thug of the underworld.

Killing people like them who incite the people against the government is light! There are still people who build a five-person tomb for these people by the West Lake. There are even more shameless literati touting! Such clumsy and strange things appear in this era, and it is really unreasonable for the Ming Dynasty to not die!