At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, following the system of the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties, the tributary trade policy controlled and managed by the government was continued. The tributary trade led to continuous losses, so that "the treasury is empty", which brought an increasingly heavy financial burden to the Ming Dynasty.

The people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and even the foreign merchant groups living in Quanzhou at that time, had assisted Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen and others in competing for the world, which made Zhu Yuanzhang afraid of maritime trade, and Zhu Yuanzhang established a policy of strict prohibition on private overseas trade and the rampant Japanese bandits.

In the third year of Hongwu, he issued the "Strike Taicang Huangdu City Ship Division", and in the seventh year of Hongwu, he successively dismissed the three cities of Quanzhou in Fujian, Mingzhou, Zhejiang, and Guangzhou, Guangdong, which were responsible for overseas trade, and since then, foreign trade has been cut off.

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Twenty-three years of Hongwu.

The situation in the world is very good, and there is a faint prosperity in the Ming Dynasty.

In front of the Fengtian Palace, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military stood on both sides, their faces a little strange.

"Eighth brother, no matter what, you can't talk nonsense today."

"The matter of banning the sea, my father has been thinking about it for a long time, but he can't joke."

Zhu Di, who was standing in the forefront, reminded in a low voice.

"Got it."

Zhu Zi, who was beside Zhu Di, readily agreed.

At the same time, the corners of Zhu Zi's mouth also rose slightly, after planning for so long, it was finally realized.

"The Ministry of Household Affairs strictly prohibits foreign traffic, and gold and silver, copper coins, horses, weapons and other items are not allowed to go out since the previous generation; Nowadays, the people of Guangzhou, Zhejiang, and Fujian are ignorant and often communicate foreign private trade goods, so they are forbidden. Coastal military and civilian lawsuits ordered dealers to deal with each other and punish them for crimes. ”

The figure of the eunuch appeared in their sight and announced the edict.

As soon as these words came out, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty applauded, and all of them should be harmonious.

"Father, the minister is going to play!"

Zhu Zi glanced at Zhu Di, his eyes were full of determination, and shouted at Fengtian Temple.

As soon as the words fell, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty looked at each other, and Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes also looked at Zhu Zi.

"Say!"

Zhu Yuanzhang leaned on the dragon chair, his thin and thin posture was full of majesty, and there were some doubts in his strong voice.

"Father, the son thinks that the matter of the forbidden sea is inappropriate."

"As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, once the edict of banning the sea is issued, what will the fishermen and the merchants along the coast eat.

People's hearts are uncontrollable, in order to survive, under the trend of interests, smuggling will only become more and more rampant, the sea ban is not really banned, but just let the ground become underground, and the original taxes cannot be collected. ”

"My Ming treasury is empty, with the strength of my Ming Dynasty, the relics are complete, this is not appropriate, please think twice!"

Zhu Zi's words are very serious and affirmative.

The authorities are obsessed with bystanders, as people who cross the sea, they understand very well how harmful the forbidden sea is to the Ming Dynasty, and the purpose of the forbidden sea is to solve the problem of the Japanese invaders.

The Ming Dynasty was plagued by the Japanese Invaders, and the sea ban is very related, because of the sea ban, the Japanese need Chinese goods trade, in the case of not being able to buy, they have to use the robbery, and the robbery is successful, and the robbery will be ten times later.

The maritime ban policy caused the Ming Dynasty, the world's largest power at that time, to be absent in the Age of Discovery, resulting in China's overall backwardness for the next three or four hundred years.

"His Royal Highness King Tan is still young, I don't know the reason, the matter of banning the sea is the desire of the people, how can it be inappropriate?"

Before Zhu Yuanzhang could speak, Li Shanchang, who was in the forefront, stepped forward.

"King Tan, the matter of banning the sea has been decided, so there is no need to say more."

"Father! That's not right! ”

"Shut up!"

Zhu Zigang wanted to say something, but Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted him with a dark face, and there was already a little anger on his face.

The matter of banning the sea made him angry, and Zhu Zi came out to mess around with strict bans again and again.

"The eighth brother is not sensible, he doesn't know the ins and outs of the matter, he said some nonsense, and asked his father to calm his anger."

Zhu Di pulled Zhu Zi down behind him and hurriedly spoke.

If he doesn't do something, this brother will be finished, this time is different from the past.

The father was really angry, Zhu Zi made a small mistake, in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, to question his father's decision, even he didn't dare to do it.

"Father, you don't care, the ministers will take care of it!"

"The son asks his father to divide Qiongzhou!"

Zhu Zi gritted his teeth and spoke again.

It is impossible to lift the sea ban, my father will not agree, and now there are people who support the sea ban, if he does not agree alone, he will not proceed.

He is just a prince, but he doesn't have so much right to speak, and he can single-handedly change the decisions of the Manchu Dynasty and his father.

"Eighth brother! You're confused! ”

Zhu Di was stunned, not only Zhu Di, but all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty looked at Zhu Di in surprise, very shocked.

The court instantly quieted down, and Zhu Di's voice was particularly pleasant.

Qiongzhou, what kind of place, everyone present, is very clear.

Zhu Zi was already the king of Tan, and he could have been stable and enjoyed the glory and wealth of the prince, but now he wanted to go to that wild place, and no one understood why Zhu Zi did this.

If you don't do it, let King Tan do it, go to be King Qiong, there is a world of difference between it and the imperial capital, to put it mildly, the dogs don't go, and it's difficult to be full.

"Good! Since you want to share my worries, then I will fulfill you and let you be the king of Qiong. ”

"From now on, King Tan will be renamed King Qiong! Take office within seven days, there must be no mistakes! ”

"Retreat!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice became heavier, and with a wave of his angry hand, he left the hall directly, leaving the stunned Manchu Dynasty civil and military to stay in place.

"Thank you, Father!"

"The son will not disappoint his father!"

When Zhu Zi heard this, a smile appeared on his face.

It's done! It worked!

However, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just taken two steps, couldn't help but be stunned after hearing Zhu Zi's words.

"I hope so!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and left the Fengtian Palace.

"Long live my emperor, long live it!"

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all knelt down to watch Zhu Yuanzhang leave.

Soon, Zhu Yuanzhang's figure disappeared from everyone's eyes, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and they all looked at Zhu Zi in surprise.

Zhu Zi made Zhu Yuanzhang angry and left.

If everyone didn't understand it, he insisted on it, not hesitating to anger His Majesty, just to go to the place where birds don't in Qiongzhou.

"Are you stupid! Give up the position of King Tan and become the King of Naqiong? ”

"What is Qiongzhou, you don't know? It is 108,000 miles away from the imperial capital, a wild land, and it is a question of whether you can even eat enough there, where are you going? ”

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Zi in front of him, looking anxious.

He thought that Zhu Zi might get into trouble, but in the past, it was all a trivial matter, he never thought that Zhu Zi actually wanted to go to Qiongzhou and divide Qiongzhou, this is not a trivial matter, he made a decision, and he wanted to change, but it was not so easy.