On the way back, Li Zhao gave the chicken legs to Yang Houzhao, but Yang Houzhao didn't want it.

Back in the palace, Yang Houzhao didn't stay in the palace for long before going to the Qianqing Palace.

When only Aunt Qin was left in the moment, Li Zhao said, "I know why I'm angry." ”

Aunt Qin asked with a smile on her face.

Li Zhao said: "It's not simple, I didn't eat the chicken legs for him, it must be because my father didn't give him the chicken legs, people, you have to be ambitious, since it is not prepared for him, of course he doesn't want it." ”

Aunt Qin frowned and said, "Long live our lord so ambitious?" ”

Her inquiring tone was clearly disbelieving, Li Zhao: "......"

She said, "Well, I'm going to be ambitious this time." ”

In the Qianqing Palace, Yang Houzhao was waiting for the free time of the celebrant and eunuch, and Zhang Yong saw that Long Live Lord was sullen and asked, "Didn't Niangniang give you chicken legs?" Why don't you eat it yet, and you're not happy? ”

Yang Houzhao pouted and said, "It's not for me, of course I don't want it?"

If you want to let the queen mother know how distressed she doesn't know, where her baby emperor goes, everyone is not regarded as a treasure, but she is disgusted by her father-in-law, and she must be angry. ”

The little emperor's resentful eyes came again.

Zhang Yong: "......"

He hurriedly said: "Didn't the Lord of Long Live come up with a way?" ”

Yes, he wants to lift the sea ban, he wants to set up a city department, and he wants to improve his father-in-law's status, so that his father-in-law will take his hand short and see if he will be cold to him.

Yang Houzhao took care of the celebrant to inquire about the forbidden sea, and then drew up a charter for opening up and showed it to the cabinet the next day to see the attitude of the cabinet.

Li Zhao overheard Zhang Yong and Aunt Qin talking after dinner, and heard about it.

Is Yang Houzhao going to lift the sea ban because of chicken legs?

Under the eaves, Li Zhao's fists clenched subconsciously, and his heart was thrown into the sea like a stone, which suddenly stirred up a thousand waves.

When it comes to the sea ban, in fact, there was maritime trade in the Song and Yuan dynasties, and it was still very developed, and it was only in this dynasty that the sea ban existed.

The topic has to start with Taizu again.

From this point of view, many people say that Taizu is a good emperor, but in fact, there is really no need, the eighth brother is just a selfish person.

The purpose of killing the founding heroes is to consolidate the imperial power, and the killing of corrupt officials is because they feel that people should work and should not take money, and he has suffered the losses of corrupt officials, and he is to take revenge and vent his personal hatred, and he is not sympathetic to others at all.

As for the surname Lao Bai, the widespread distribution of paper money and inflation are disguised as looting the people's fat and people's cream, and it is nationwide, which is more terrible than corrupt officials.

Then it comes to the capricious closure of maritime trade.

He suffered from hunger, so he emphasized agriculture over commerce, and the commerce of the Song and Yuan dynasties was very developed, and he wanted to do the opposite.

Again, the Silk Road gradually became yellow sand and began to decline, and maritime trade was more difficult to manage.

And when he was fighting the country, he had a very powerful opponent called Zhang Shicheng, and he had to guard against Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen's remnants of the counterattack - Zhang Shicheng was a salt merchant and lived by the sea.

And pirates......

In short, everything that was done was done to consolidate imperial power.

But no matter how high the walls in the world are, no matter how strict the prohibition system is, there is no way to stop commercial behavior, that is, transactions.

The dynasty has forbidden the sea for so many years, and the maritime trade has not only not stopped, but now the Jiangnan political secretary needs to buy silk abroad in order to earn silver for the emperor, which is maritime trade.

Guangzhou's port officials have never banned it.

In this way, the maritime ban cannot be truly implemented, nor should it be implemented.

The reason is exactly the opposite of Taizu's thoughts.

Let's talk about the biggest problem first, pirates, there are often pirates in the coastal area, robbing the coastal people, such a place full of tigers and wolves, to open trade, do you think it is very dangerous?

When it comes to this topic, we can't help but think about the 5,000-year history of China, why do the people at the border always invade our country?

In fact, it's just for money, our country is rich, and all sides are poor, and then we also set up checkpoints not to trade with those ethnic groups, so as soon as the horse market is passed, Turkic Mongolia and the like will provoke wars.

Of course, the reason why the trade is closed is that those people do not do business with integrity, and we don't need so many cattle and horses.

In short, you opened it, the other party has limited conditions, is a profiteer, and is unwilling to trade with him, as soon as the market is closed, he will use the grain money obtained from you to rob you, and so on.

The creation of pirates is similar to the fact that the surrounding peoples have to attack the Central Plains, that is, they want to trade, but the state will not let them.

Many of these pirate leaders were coastal Chinese, rich and intelligent, and hired Japanese ronin to help rob trade.

It is also just in time for Japan to be in the Warring States period, and it is very chaotic and poor, and what I am most willing to do is mercenaries.

So the sea ban was lifted, trade was normalized, and piracy could disappear.

So if there is no such concern, let's talk about the greater benefits of lifting the sea ban.

At this time, metal reserves were very scarce, because they were all defeated by the Mongols, and now there is no strict monetary system, and there is no metal as a trade currency, so it can only be printed on paper.

If the government can monitor the issuance of banknotes and find a good reserve metal for proportional exchange, in fact, banknotes are very advanced.

But as mentioned above, our Taizu thinks that since this thing is money, I will print it, so I will print more.

So the people didn't buy it.

There is no official metal currency, so what should I do?

It just so happened that the maritime traders had the most needed currency metal - silver.

And the people have also learned to commit adultery, without government intervention, the exchange of silver for goods, that is, according to the conversion of catties and two, almost everyone has a small scale that weighs silver, and now the emperor can't rely on indiscriminate printing to loot the people's fat and ointment.

With such a large inflow of silver, the benefits are visible.

There are also examples, the matter of the sea ban, the Longqing switch.

Transactions in Japan and Southeast Asia were allowed, so that in the Wanli Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng had the confidence to carry out tax reform, and began to unify taxation with "currency", so that the reform could be realized - Zhang Juzheng's tax system was still in use after the founding of the People's Republic of China, so it was successful.

In other words, in order to reform, the economic base determines the superstructure, and it is necessary to start with the currency.

Now that the people are accustomed to silver, they cannot change it rashly, and it is very necessary to lift the sea ban.

Again, the Age of Discovery has arrived, and the enemies of the future state will no longer be the immediate nation, but the maritime nation.

The future is not an era in which countries can live on their own if they want to close themselves off from the rest of the country, and they will inevitably have global influences, so whoever obtains the right to dominate the sea will become the strongest.

Since God has given her the opportunity to return to this point in time, why not prepare in advance.

Therefore, Li Zhao raised his hands in favor of Yang Houzhao's proposal, to lift the sea ban, but also to lift the sea ban for a long time, this is not enough, the Chinese must also become the hegemon of the sea, the future world will not be bullied.