After thinking about it for a while, Wang Shan still decided to say it to Wang Fuzi directly.

When the time comes, there will really be such a problem, and everyone will be in trouble.

Although the empire's military strength is strong, there is no need to worry about what they can really do, but it is also more troublesome to suppress.

Therefore, it is better to remind you.

Thinking of this, Wang Shan told Master Wang everything in his heart.

When he heard Wang Shan say such serious words, Wang Fuzi was really frightened.

He immediately assured Wang Shan that he and his brothers would never do such a thing.

"Hehe, I heard that those landlords in the Ming Dynasty also had private armies. Sometimes he colludes with those officials in the court, and even dares to disobey the emperor's orders. ”

"General, I never dare to have such a mind, I just want to be a first-class good citizen."

"I hope you can do what you say."

Wang Fuzi's heart sank, he felt that there were some things that should be said to the brothers, and when the time came, everyone would suffer together.

The Zhao and Song Empires seem to be easy to deal with here, but there are also strict rules here.

"I'm very strange, I heard those Dutch and Spaniards say that there were many maritime trading ships in the Ming Dynasty. It stands to reason that the Ming Dynasty should be rich, but I heard what you just said, it seems that the emperor is very poor. ”

Wang Shan asked knowingly, pretending not to know much about Daming.

Actually, bullshit, how could Wang Shan not know about the things on Daming's side.

In any case, he was also educated in modern history.

Of course, he only knows a rough idea, and he is not clear about the details.

Seeing that Wang Shan had changed the topic, Wang Fuzi breathed a sigh of relief.

"General, in fact, you can't dare to show anything on the surface, those Dutch red hairs and Spanish hairies. Those who know the Tao are just scratching the surface, and they can't cross the Haojing Sea at all, so they can't touch the real problems of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Wang Fuzi cautiously chatted with Wang Shan.

"Oh, tell me, what's going on?"

Wang Shan looked very interested.

"We'll be here for a few days, and then we're going to leave for the East. After all, I haven't been back for hundreds of years, and I'm not blind to things over there, but fortunately, with you people, I can still inquire about the situation over there from you, and the province will go to the Ming Dynasty when the time comes. We're making a fool of ourselves. ”

Wang Shan's excuse is very good, at least Master Wang can't hear any flaws.

"Since the general wants to know the general situation of the Ming Dynasty, then the little old man must know everything." , Wang Fuzi bowed slightly and said to Wang Shan very respectfully.

Then, Wang Fuzi began to tell Wang Shan.

"When the Three Treasure Eunuchs went to the West, it was indeed the creation of the Ming Dynasty's vigorous maritime trade and prosperity, but unfortunately when Emperor Yongle died, the Ming Dynasty began to not be allowed to start maritime trade, the main reason. It's those officials who see the huge benefits in this, so they want to take this interest into their own hands. ”

"How do you say that?" , Wang Shan looked at Master Wang puzzled. "Aren't these ministers afraid that the emperor will want their heads?"

Wang Fuzi smiled bitterly: "What does the emperor know." They sit in the palace all day long, and they don't listen to what the ministers say. ”

Although Master Wang has never been an official, he is very clear about some of the twists and turns.

After all, he has been a pirate for thirty years. and those who are supported by the officials of the DPRK at the sea, who are old dealings.

From time to time, from the mouths of those people. He could also hear some words.

Judging from these words, is there anything unclear?

"The ministers said that maritime trade was expensive, not profitable at all, and it was simply a drain on national funds. The emperor was a man who didn't know about the affairs of the people, so he had to let the ministers go. ”

As Wang Fuzi spoke, he observed Wang Shan's expression.

He saw that Wang Shan was listening carefully, so he continued: "This side of the chamber is forbidden to the sea, but the ministers of the chamber over there went to inform their families and began to engage in maritime trade and smuggling to make a lot of money. ”

Hearing this, Wang Shan opened his mouth: "Since these officials are so rich, don't they say that when the court is in trouble, don't they say donate some money to help the court tide over the difficulties?" ”

Master Wang pursed his lips, as if he was very disdainful of those officials.

"It's okay to let those people spend a lot of money on those fireworks girls, but it's absolutely impossible to get them to pay the court."

What Mr. Wang said was very certain.

"What is this for?"

Wang Shan was puzzled.

"Fame, they all want fame." , Wang Fuzi said hatefully. "According to their fortunes, how can these people buy so much fertile land and furniture in their hometowns, and they also claim to be good officials, clean officials, and loyal to the outside world. If you take out more money than your arm, won't this be exposed? ”

As soon as Master Wang said this, Wang Shan immediately understood.

Not really!

"These people, the typical ones are the ones who want to set up the archway when they are bitches." , Wang Fuzi mentioned these officials of the Ming Dynasty, and the look of contempt in his eyes was clear. "The reputation and silver have earned enough, and there is nothing to do but scold the emperor, and he keeps saying what the ancestors are, and he claims to be a loyal and righteous gentleman of the times. Actually, if you want me to say, that's just the same thing. ”

Wang Shan nodded: "Yes, that's really the case." ”

Wang Fuzi continued: "The trade between Japan and Korea in the Ming Dynasty was basically controlled by those who were the elders of the court and the chief officials of the six ministries, they were officials in the court, but their families were engaged in the business of smuggling on the sea, and I have seen too much in my thirty years as pirates. ”

"And the water is very deep here, there are six officials out of the cabinet, and even a group of nobles and other dignitaries are involved, in short, no one in the court is clean, only the emperor is the most unlucky."

"Yes, the money has been earned by these people, and the emperor is not without money." , Wang Shan echoed.

Master Wang walked slowly with Wang Shan. From time to time, he glanced at Wang Shan's face.

He saw that Wang Shan was interested in this, so he said: "I once heard that the emperor also wanted to open a sea ban, but those ministers refused, and also scolded the emperor, in fact, these people don't want to give up the business of making money, but they want to say what righteousness, what ancestors, what the name of the emperor to press the emperor." ”

Wang Shan really felt bitter for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, where is this emperor. It's just a bun that gets angry.

It's like a realistic version of the slave bully.

The servants and servants tossed the emperor's family funds empty, and then they were still making money outside under the banner of the emperor, they made a lot of money, but the emperor who was the master of the family was about to die of poverty.

Wang Shan paced slowly with his hands behind his back, looking up at the blue sky.

"Yes, listening to you say that, I can be considered to know the truth. Now the officials of the Ming Dynasty have united an invisible net. There are a lot of people and forces in this net, and even the emperor can't do anything about it. It's no wonder that those officials will resist the emperor's opening of the sea ban so much, because the emperor's power will become greater if the sea ban is opened. When the time comes, the royal organization caravanserais, they will have nothing to earn. ”

"And now the emperor is poor, so he needs to rely on these old officials of the six ministries to wipe his ass and solve the problem. But the sea ban was opened. The emperor's income will increase greatly, and it will be difficult to manipulate when he has money. As the saying goes, if you have money, your waist will be straight. If you don't have money, your waist won't be straight. ”

For this problem, Wang Shan can see it clearly.

Yes, the Ming Dynasty is like this now.

The emperor has no money, the treasury is empty, military spending, disaster relief money, and all kinds of natural disasters for displaced people need to be solved.

But the emperor has no money and can't do anything, so he can only rely on the officials of the six ministries of the cabinet to solve it, so that he can worry less.

And the emperor who has no money has no right to speak, and he has no confidence to speak.

The elders of the pavilion and those six chief officials can easily control the emperor.

Yes, take the Son of Heaven!

No one will believe it, but that's what it is.

What can the Son of Heaven do, the officials of the Ming Dynasty are all wonderful.

They were not afraid of the emperor at all.

If you provoke them, it's a big deal to pick and don't do it.

Of course, picking is just pretending, and many people are reluctant to take official positions.

But as long as there is such a trouble, the emperor is afraid.

After all, if these officials are gone, who will manage the world for him and solve the problem.

Although there are many people who want to be officials, it is impossible to solve the problem for the emperor whether it is in the water.

These officials only have themselves in their eyes, and they are very selfish.

When the time comes, the emperor's problems will still not be solved, and the old problems will still be those ones.

Although the person has changed, maybe the person who comes up is more greedy and ambitious than the original.

In such an environment, the emperor was pinched like this.

It can be said that only in the peculiar environment of the Ming Dynasty can these strange things appear.

Of course, this is also related to the faint tricks of some emperors in the later period.

In the era of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di in the Ming Dynasty, the officials of the Ming Dynasty would never dare to do this.

Whoever dares to do this, needless to say, will definitely punish the nine clans if they move their heads.

But it's a pity that the descendants of the old Zhu family are really not as good as the next generation.

In fact, this can't be blamed on Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants, who were also fooled by officials.

A large group of people fool one person, and there is still no way to fool there.

"The general is right, the emperor has no money, and his waist is not strong." , Wang Fuzi bowed down and agreed. "Actually, if those officials have a little heart, the Ming Dynasty will not be so full of holes now, as long as everyone donates a little money, those homeless people are still very well settled."

As a pirate, the prince sees this very clearly.

"But these guys are iron roosters, and they would rather hold the silver in their hands than take it out to save the court. Those loyalties are just lip service, but in fact, behind them are all close to their own selfishness and interests. ”

Speaking of these, Wang Shan could clearly feel that there was a strong resentment in Wang Fuzi's body.

At the beginning, Wangfuzi's family was also affected by the disaster, and the local officials turned a blind eye, so he had no way to leave his hometown with his wife and children to find a way to survive.

Who knew that Lu Dao, after the most Lu Dao, he became a pirate and lost his scientific career.

To say that Master Wang does not hate this is false.

Whenever he saw those high-ranking officials and slaves on the sea, he was very resentful.

Because in the eyes of Master Wang, if he didn't continue to seek fame because of those changes, he would have been able to become an official.

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about that. You are no longer a person of the Ming Dynasty, so you can do a good job in our Zhao Song in the future, no matter what, it is better than being a pirate. ”

Wang Shan raised his hand and patted Wang Fuzi's shoulder gently.

"And when there are more immigrants on our side, the yamen will also be established, I heard that you are still a showman, and I will arrange a position for you as an official when the time comes."

Wang Shan said it easily, but Wang Fuzi was very excited when he heard it.

However, no matter how excited he was, his face had to look very indifferent.

"Thank you, General."

Zhao Hongyu said this to him earlier, but Wang Fuzi didn't dare to believe it.

Now that Wang Shan said this again, he couldn't help but not believe it.

"Well, cheer up, the yamen has not been built now. Aren't you going to know how to pick up your family in Daming, and when you come back with your family, I guess you'll have built the yamen. When that time comes, you come to me, and I will arrange for you. ”

Wang Shan said this again, and the matter was basically settled.

"We won't talk about the situation on the Ming Dynasty's side, tell me if we went to the Ming Dynasty, is there anything to pay attention to? You used to be a pirate, could it be that there were a lot of pirates in the Ming Dynasty? ”

Wang Shan looked at Wang Fuzi with a clear pretense of confusion and asked.

"Many! There are a lot, but the biggest ones are only two forces, one is Li Xiang, who inherited Liu Laoxiang's power, and the other is Zheng Zhilong, who has risen with the Dutch and Spaniards in recent years. ”

Wang Fuzi gritted his teeth and said Zheng Zhilong's name.

"The Dutch and the Spaniards know how many warships they have in the East?"

Wang Shan continued to ask.

"Say too much, say a lot less, there is always a number of fifty or sixty ships. But it's too scattered, so don't worry about those guys, it's just that these Western warships are sharp, it's better to be careful. ”

Battleship sharp!

Hearing what Master Wang said, Wang Shan Ha Lu laughed.

"Master, you said that the warships of the Dutch and Spaniards were sharp, I don't know how the battleships of the Dutch and the Spaniards compare to my Zhao Song warships?" (To be continued......)