Kill! These people should all be killed, and my Da Song treats them well, but these people are not grateful, and they actually ...... Unexpectedly......" Zhao Zhen's face became very hideous when he looked at the content on his phone.

Before the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, Lu Xiufu and others fled south with the little emperor, originally wanted to enter Quanzhou, with the help of Quanzhou's sailors to block the Mongols' iron horses, but Pu Shougeng, who served as the pacification envoy of Fujian at that time, colluded with the Yuan people and refused to allow the little emperor and others to enter the city, and even slaughtered more than 3,000 people of the Zhao and Song royal families and courtiers in Quanzhou City, which can be described as a heinous crime, and the Pu family also relied on this merit to control the business of sea trade in the Yuan Dynasty.

Pu Shougeng is not a Han Chinese, their family was originally a big food merchant who fled from Central Asia to the Great Song Dynasty, for this group of merchants outside the territory, the Great Song Dynasty not only refused, but also let them settle in the port, and even Pu Shougeng was awarded an official position by the Great Song Dynasty, but this guy was a wolf ambition, and he stabbed the Great Song Dynasty at the last critical moment, which indirectly led to the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty.

What's even more hateful is that although Pu Shougeng did bad things, he did not receive the punishment he deserved, but he was prosperous and rich for a lifetime, and his descendants have always controlled the sea trade in Quanzhou, until Zhu Yuanzhang expelled the Mongols to establish the Ming Dynasty, which completely liquidated the Pu family, Pu Shougeng was also taken out of the grave and whipped the corpse of three hundred, and all the descendants of the Pu family were also imprisoned in the army, and they were never allowed to study, let alone participate in the imperial examination.

Li Zhang had long heard that there were many overseas Hu merchants settled in Quanzhou and Guangzhou, and if these people were just legitimate merchants, Li Zhang would not bother to pay attention to them, but these people were legitimate merchants on land, but when they went to sea, they turned into pirates and plundered merchant ships everywhere, of course, many Han merchants were also like this, but they were not as bold as these Hu merchants, because they could sail out to sea when they couldn't get along in the Great Song Dynasty, but Han merchants needed to worry about their families.

"Your Majesty, killing is definitely going to be killed, but you can't kill them all, after all, Haimao is a cornucopia, which can bring huge profits to our Great Song Dynasty, but Haimao was too chaotic before, and there is no effective supervision, so I think it is necessary to send someone to rectify Haimao and make it under the control of the imperial court!" Li Zhang spoke again at the moment.

The sea is the future of the empire, but there were too many crises faced by the Great Song Dynasty in the past, so that Li Zhang had no time to pay attention to the affairs of the sea, but now the external threat is temporarily lifted, and the internal reform is also underway, so during this time he was also thinking about the affairs of the sea, and he happened to encounter Dong Qing's matter, which led to the matter of sea trade.

"Sea trade is indeed a lucrative industry, it is said that general goods transported to the South Seas, can be exchanged for more than ten times the profit, if transported to a farther place, the return will be greater, but the danger of wind and waves at sea is also great, if you are not careful, there is a danger of ship destruction and death, and cousin, you also said that the area of the ocean is several times that of the land, and there are many islands on the sea that can be hidden, even if the imperial court wants to supervise, I am afraid that it is powerless, right?" Zhao Zhen pondered for a moment after listening to Li Zhang's words, and then said with some doubts.

Li Zhang once told Zhao Zhen some common sense in geography before, so Zhao Zhen knew that the world was a big ball, and he also knew that the area of the ocean far exceeded the land, and even knew that there were seven continents and four oceans in this world, but as a person who grew up on the land of the Central Plains, he had never seen the ocean at all, and Li Zhang's description of the ocean was too unpredictable, so he was also a little in awe of the ocean in his bones.

"In fact, the supervision of the ocean is not complicated, the key is to build an elite sailor, originally I thought that I would wait until I have the opportunity to consider the matter of the sailor, but this case in Quanzhou is a good opportunity, so I want to simply take these Hu businessmen to open the knife, and then take the opportunity to put the sailor in order!" Li Zhang immediately spoke again.

The Great Song Dynasty did not have a special navy, all the sea, river, and lake armies were collectively called the naval division, although the naval trade of the Great Song Dynasty was very prosperous, but the naval division did not pay much attention to the naval division, and even because of the long period of peace, the southern army was more corrupt than the northern army, even if the naval division has now become a kind of goods, even the pirates can not be defeated, and in the past two years, there have been repeated pirate landing and looting on the southern coast.

Hearing Li Zhang's words, Zhao Zhen also nodded slowly, he also felt that Li Zhang's words made sense, with the recovery of the sixteen states of Yanyun, the military power of the Great Song Dynasty was greatly enhanced, but this was only limited to the north, and the military system in the south had long been corrupted, a few years ago there was a rebellion in the south, and the southern garrison, which was several times larger than the enemy, was defeated by the rebels composed of mobs, and finally could only mobilize the army in the north to quell the rebellion.

"If Your Majesty thinks it's good, why don't you let me go in person this time, first go to Quanzhou to find out the Dong family's case, and then take a look at the situation of the coastal naval army with your own eyes, and then come back to discuss a feasible strategy with Your Majesty." At this time, Li Zhang said again.

"Cousin, do you want to go in person?" Zhao Zhen also asked with a surprised expression when he heard Li Zhang's words.

"If you are not of my race, their hearts will be different, there are more and more Hu businessmen in Guangzhou and Quanzhou, and they are extremely powerful at sea, and they have even stretched out their hands to the officialdom, this situation must be contained, and this kind of work is not convenient to hand over to others, so it is best for me to go in person!" Li Zhang also said again very solemnly at this time.

Zhao Zhen also showed a hesitant expression when he heard Li Zhang's words, although he also knew that Li Zhang's going to Quanzhou was the best choice, but now he was reforming the country, so he hoped that Li Zhang could stay and help him, even if Li Zhang didn't do anything, but as long as Li Zhang was in the capital, he would feel that he had something to rely on behind him.

Li Zhang saw the thoughts in Zhao Zhen's heart at a glance, and couldn't help but step forward and pat him on the shoulder again and said: "Your Majesty, since you defeated the Liao State and recovered Yanyun, you have become an emperor with great talents, and I believe that nothing in this world can be difficult for you!" ”

Li Zhang's words also carried incomparable trust and support, which made Zhao Zhen also feel a little confident, and immediately nodded and said: "Okay, cousin, it's better that you are willing to go to Quanzhou, but Quanzhou is not as good as Luoyang, which is far away from the capital, and the local garrison may also be useless, so for your safety, cousin, it is better to send a team of people from the forbidden army to go with your cousin, so that it will be more convenient for you to use people, cousin." ”

Li Zhang did not refuse Zhao Zhen's suggestion, after all, he may have to overturn most of the local officialdom when he goes to Quanzhou this time, and if someone jumps over the wall in a hurry, he may really encounter danger, especially those maritime merchants who are outlaws at sea, so they have to be guarded against.