To be honest, if Zheng Sen hadn't reported to the Ming Emperor in the past, he would have attacked another country privately, which would not only be "provoking the border without permission", but also "having no court". Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info To be strict, it's not impossible to deduct the title of "rebel thief". If it was in the past, I was afraid that even if Gu Jiang didn't directly have a Guan Ning banquet with Zheng Sen, I am afraid that he would definitely not follow him to mess around. However, some time ago, after the study of the "Theory of Evolution", the Zhou Dynasty's feudal system, and the rather superficial study of the population theory, too much of his has undergone great changes. In this study, Gu Jiang almost despaired to find that if the total amount of cultivated land remains unchanged, starting from the state of "reducing the majority of the household registration in the world", the more favorable the wind and rain, the better the imperial court governs, and the sooner the land is not enough to bear the population crisis. A dynasty, under such circumstances, is almost impossible to last for more than three hundred years in any case. As a result, land expansion and colonization became almost the only means to continue to maintain peace.

"We must use the sword of the Ming Dynasty to obtain new land for the plough of the Ming Dynasty! Otherwise, theoretically, Da Ming will definitely not be able to continue to maintain, unless Da Ming can kill half of his own people by himself! This is the final conclusion that the three of them, after more than a month of research, have come to the final conclusion.

Obviously, compared to killing half of one's own people, then foreign expansion, (of course, the prerequisite must be to be able to obtain more arable land), even if the external expansion of "the border court bleeds into the sea", is completely benevolent.

After coming to this conclusion, for a while, Gu Jiang and Fang Yizhi both felt that they were going completely crazy. This cold conclusion, which is almost completely contrary to the education they have received over the years, has kept them slow down for a long time. They tested their previous deductions over and over again, and compared them with all the historical materials they could find, hoping to find the errors and omissions of their previous arguments, or find other solutions to the problems. In the end, however, it was all in vain. They even found that, in fact, the measures that the imperial court is taking now are essentially the "unkind" practice of "killing half of its own people". In the end, the two had to accept such a cruel point of view, and laughed at themselves:

"When I used to read "Lao Tzu", I saw that his words 'the saint is not benevolent, and the people are the dogs', and I was always puzzled, but I only thought that Lao Tzu was talking nonsense, and I was quite strange for his words, which taught a mean person like Han Feizi. I only learned today that it's not Lao Tzu's nonsense, but that I'm too shallow, in fact, like Han Fei, I misinterpreted his meaning. They all regard the 'kindness of a woman' as 'benevolence'. But they don't know the true meaning of the way of the ancestors. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the princes invaded each other, and the master and son were sick, why not? Looking at it today, the division of the Duke of Zhou is actually to expand the land and colonize, and the princes attack each other, which is actually to reduce the people. This opening looks like a war and a death, but in fact it is the real benevolent government. ”

With such a concept, they naturally know that the imperial court can't do this now, and unless the imperial court can really kill half of the people in the world, it won't be able to muster the strength to do it. If it is reported to the imperial court, then the imperial court will most likely have the idea of using the power of the Zheng family to kill its own people more efficiently, and when the imperial court really kills half of the people in the world, it will be unkind, and what qualifications will it have to rule the world again? Therefore, the best way to do this is to keep occupying more arable land and then immigrate people from the Central Plains who cannot support themselves. This is the most responsible move for Huaxia and the imperial court. Therefore, now Zheng Sen intends to put aside the imperial court and "provoke the border", and they have also adopted a supportive attitude. As for the remaining Li Xiangjun, although in history, she seems to have a political stance, but in fact, in this era, most women actually have no political stance, and their political stances often depend on the person they marry or want to marry.

It took only one night for the "Feiyan" to arrive at Anping from Beigang, and when the sun rose from the misty sea, Zheng Sen could already see the newly built lighthouse in Anping standing on the deck.

"Childe, is this Anping?" From behind him, Li Xiangjun's voice came.

"Miss Xiangjun, you got up early." Zheng Sen smiled and said, "That sister of yours is so seasick this time, isn't she?" ”

"Huan'er is okay this time. Although I'm still a little dizzy, I don't know how much stronger it is than last time, and it's still the kind of coca tea that I owe to my son, which is indeed very effective. I just can't sleep after drinking. Yesterday, Huan'er drank a little too much and didn't fall asleep all night. Li Xiangjun also smiled.

"Although I can see it, it's still far away, and I still have about half an hour to go." Zheng Sen said, "But the sunrise on the sea is also a beautiful scenery, why don't we go to the back deck together to see how the sunrise is." ”

Li Xiangjun smiled: "Dare not obey your fate." ”

The two came to the back deck together, only to find that Gu Jiang and Fang Yizhi were also there to watch the sunrise.

"Mr. Mizhi, Mr. Ningren, you two also got up early." Zheng Sen said.

"If you want to go to war, you can't sleep." Gu Jiang said with a smile.

"Look, how did the sun become that color?" Fang Yizhi suddenly shouted.

A few people looked to the east, but the red sun, which had just risen, turned green somehow.

This is also the first time Zheng Sen has seen this situation. However, he knew that this was only the effect of the change in the refractive index of the air due to the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere. So he smiled and said, "This is the first time I've seen this situation, but I've heard some old sailors mention it." Generally speaking, if such a situation occurs, it will probably be stormy until the afternoon at most. But it doesn't matter, we'll be on shore in no time anyway. ”

By this time the ship had gradually approached the harbor, the sun had risen, and the fog had gradually dispersed. The "Feiyan" received its mainsail and docked at the pier under the towing of a small boat sent out from the port.

The news that Zheng Sen was going back to Anping had already been sent back to Anping with carrier pigeons in advance, so there were people waiting for them on the dock at this time. Zheng Sen got off the boat, got into the carriage waiting there with a few people, and headed towards Zheng's mansion.

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Zheng Zhilong had already gotten up at this time, and he had been practicing knives in the garden for a while. Although there are few times when he goes into battle in person now, his kung fu has not yet fallen.

After practicing a set of knife techniques, Zheng Zhilong put away the knife, and Zhuang hurriedly stepped forward and handed over the towel. Zheng Zhilong took it and wiped his face, and saw a small guy at the door looking inside.

"What's the matter?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

"Master, the eldest prince is back, and he still brings two gentlemen and a girl?" The little guy replied.

"A girl?" Zheng Zhilong was stunned, then turned to Zhuang and asked, "How old is Asen?" ”

"How can you be a father like this!" Zhuang scolded with a smile, "How old is my son, but he came to ask me." I'll do the math...... Well, if this year is considered a virtual age, it will be sixteen, and this day is really fast. ”

"Sixteen, well, it's not impossible, do you think it's time for us to tell Asen about someone's home?" Zheng Zhilong suddenly said, "You, you have to help me pay attention to it." ”

Then, Zheng Zhilong turned to the little guy and said, "You go and ask the housekeeper to arrange the guest room first, obviously the guests will rest, and let Ah Sen come to my study to wait for me." ”

The little guy answered, turned and ran away.

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"Are you going to go to war against Spain?" Zheng Zhilong asked quietly. Zheng Zhilong is not too worried about the war with Spain, Zheng Zhilong has been dealing with the Spaniards almost in the first half of his life, and he knows the situation of the Spaniards very well.

"Yes." Zheng Sen replied.

"Just for the merchants?" Zheng Zhilong was not a nationalist, and in his opinion, the Spaniards killed merchants in their own jurisdiction and seemed to have nothing to do with him.

"Not exactly." Zheng Sen replied.

"What else?"

"Daddy, this is a record of our trade with the Dutch and the Spaniards over the years." Zheng Sen took out a small notebook.

"You see, since we made peace with the Dutch, our trade with the Dutch has risen considerably, and we have made significantly more money in trading with them than with the Spaniards. Over the years, because we insisted on charging protection fees for all ships, the Spaniards chose to trade more in these areas of Canton, which led to a decline in our trade with them. I feel like we need to teach them a lesson, just like we taught the Dutch a lesson. They will honestly accept our rules. And, Daddy, Dayuan Island lacks a lot of minerals, but Luzon is different, there are a lot of good minerals there, such as copper ore and struvite. If we could teach the Spaniards a hard lesson at sea, we would be able to force them to allow us to mine freely in Luzon and the nearby islands. and let the Han Chinese have the same rights and interests in Luzon as the Spaniards. ”

"You don't want to take Luzon over? It was much richer than the great man. Zheng Zhilong said.

"The child still knows this little bit of proportion, if you really want to fight this idea, then the Spaniards still have to fight with us all over the country? At least for now, we have not defeated them and seized the power of Luzon. I just want to hurt them and get more out of them. ”

"And how are you going to fight?" Zheng Zhilong asked again.

"Daddy, the Tessie boats we built have a clear speed advantage compared to the Spanish ones. Their ships can't catch up with us, and they can't catch up with us. As long as the Dutch were willing to provide us with logistical support, we could take advantage of our speed and constantly attack the Spanish merchant fleets so that their merchant ships could not leave the port. Zheng Sen replied.