The example given by He Qiaoyuan is an example of a scholar. As long as you are a Ming person, you can naturally know this.

He believes that reading a book is very similar to going to sea. For example, if you study to become a jinshi, how many people can you read? Is there 12 out of 10? Those who have read all their lives and have learned nothing, and are destitute, say that reading is wrong, is this really the case? The reality is that everyone likes to read, because reading may lead to a jinshi and get ahead.

By analogy, going to sea is the same, there is a prospect of making a fortune, although there are dangers, but everyone is still willing to go. So don't use such an example as an excuse to ban the sea, it's not appropriate. If the sea is opened, even if there are pirates, at most one or two ships will be robbed, and the harm will stop at one or two ships. But once the sea is forbidden, these pirates will come ashore to plunder, how great the harm is, how many people will suffer because of it, this is simply not comparable!

At the end of the recital, He Qiaoyuan gave the example of opening the sea in the Song Dynasty. At that time, the city was located in Quanzhou, and more than 30 countries came to trade, which was unprecedented. At that time, the county warden would also pray for them to be blessed with a safe voyage to sea. Both the court and the opposition agree with this. Because of this, the Song generation was not short of money. Later, the Song Dynasty perished, not because of the ban on opening the sea.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but glance at Wen Tiren. This paragraph is exactly the same as Wen Tiren's generous statement in the early court, no wonder Wen Tiren will hide in his sleeve after seeing this piece and find an opportunity to show it to himself.

With this in mind, he continued to look at the end of the piece.

He Qiaoyuan also talked about the dangers of the forbidden sea from another aspect, emphasizing that Fujian is mountainous and inconvenient for transportation. Without shipping, it can only be transported by land, which makes Fujian lack of materials, and this is still a trivial matter. He said that in today's world, doing business has become a big profit, many people are doing business, the so-called people in the world today do everything to do Jia, saying that Wu Yue's raw silk is the favorite thing of the Yi people, and they themselves are good at weaving, if there is no raw silk, they will have no raw materials; They also like Jiangxi porcelain and so on.

He Qiaoyuan finally said that the Ming Dynasty is now using money, especially in the north, to deal with the Mongols and the Jianyu Tartars, it takes a lot of money; In the southwest, there are a lot of good things piled up there that can't be sold, so they can't be exchanged for money. They rebel even if they don't have money. The occurrence of these things made Daming need more money.

With such a good opportunity here, He Qiaoyuan hopes that the imperial court will pay attention to it and reopen the sea ban for the blessing of the Ming Dynasty!

After reading it, Emperor Chongzhen felt that the views or arguments in some places in the recital were inappropriate, but on the whole, this recital gave him a great surprise.

Emperor Chongzhen held this piece in his hand, and did not put it on the imperial case, looked at Wen Tiren, and asked with a little smile: "What does Wen Qing think?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what this piece says is very reasonable, and the minister agrees with it!" There is no surprise, Wen Tiren's statement is agree.

Then, he hesitated slightly, and finally added: "What the minister said in the early dynasty a year ago was transmitted to Fujian, and He Shilang was very happy when he heard it. A few days ago, Xu Shangshu even intervened in the matter of the pirate Li Kuiqi's immediate beheading, and changed it to escort the Jingshi. He thought that the minister had contributed to this matter, so he wrote this piece again and sent it to Jingshi. ”

Wen Tiren said this, and stopped. He was a person in the chat group, and he had paid attention to the interaction between Shui Piao and Emperor Chongzhen at that time, so he knew at once who Xu Guangqi meant. For such a pirate, the emperor did not kill him, but had to take great pains to escort him to Beijing, which has clearly conveyed a message.

Because of this, he has a strong belief in this movement. Nowadays, there are also local gentry, although the squires who have returned to their hometowns echo their own actions of opening the sea, they are still familiar with maritime affairs, which makes a lot of achievements.

Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly when he heard this, he knew that with Wen Tiren's shrewdness, he must have guessed that Xu Guangqi had arranged it himself. So, he asked, "Then Li Kuiqi has been escorted to Jingshi?" ”

Regarding this matter, although Wen Tiren is the first assistant, it has something to do with him, so he is naturally worried. Therefore, he immediately played: "Back to Your Majesty, the pirate Li Kuiqi was escorted to Beijing this morning, and now he is being held in the prison of the Criminal Department. ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately became interested, and immediately issued an order: "Bring him here, I want to see him." Wen Qing also listened. ”

"Yes!" Wen Tiren naturally had no opinion, he was happy in his heart, and immediately replied.

Not long after, the four Dongchang servants escorted a short black man in shackles and shackles into the hall.

This man is Li Kuiqi, when he was escorted to Beijing before, he heard Liu Jinsheng say on the way that he bought a person who had a relationship between the DPRK and China to save him. As for what happened after entering Beijing, he reassured Li Kuiqi that he would continue to bribe that person at any cost, and he would definitely be able to rescue him.

At this time, when he was imprisoned, Dongchang Fanzi came to mention him, and more importantly, he also mentioned that the Forbidden City was coming, which surprised him quite a bit.

He was a little puzzled who his righteous son bribed, with such great energy, this alarmed the emperor? He was a little unsure whether this was a good thing or a bad thing, and what his fate would be.

Even if he was a generation of pirates who roamed the seas, after entering the palace, he was very worried. In fact, it doesn't matter whether he is alive or dead, but he is still a common man far away in Fujian, and now he is the Ming Emperor in this palace. For him, it was a symbol of majesty.

As soon as he entered the temple, he didn't even dare to look up, so he knelt down, and according to the rumored way, the mountain shouted long live.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw him kneeling so far away, he couldn't help but shake his head a little. I didn't expect such a character to be nervous when I saw myself. He asked knowingly, "You are Li Kuiqi?" ”

Listening to the voice was a little young, which surprised Li Kuiqi a little, but he didn't dare to think about it, lowered his head and hurriedly replied: "Grass people...... The sinner is Li Kuiqi. ”

"I ask you, if the imperial court opens the sea ban, will the imperial court profit more? What is the biggest obstacle? Emperor Chongzhen asked straight to the point.

These two issues are very important, and the most knowledgeable and authoritative should be these great pirates who crisscross the southeast sea.

Li Kuiqi couldn't have imagined that even if he was killed, the emperor would not ask him for the blame, but instead asked such a question. He was so surprised that he immediately forgot everything and looked up at where the voice had come from. He found that the young emperor was looking at him, and an old man in a scarlet robe was also watching him.

"Ah...... This ......" For a while, Li Kuiqi didn't know how to answer.